E. S. Lang (Ernest Segar Lang) Buckland

E. S. Lang Buckland, identified in library and book records as Ernest Segar Lang Buckland, is an obscure author from the late Victorian and Edwardian period. The clearest surviving evidence ties him to Oliver Goldsmith, a short biography published in 1909 for Bell's Miniature Series of Great Writers.

A few catalog and bookseller records also credit him as the editor of Friendly Words, suggesting that his work may have included both literary biography and editorial compilation. Beyond those traces, reliable biographical detail is very limited, so much of his life remains unclear.

For modern readers, Buckland is mainly of interest as one of the many modest literary figures who helped keep classic authors in circulation for a general audience. Even with so little known about him personally, his surviving work reflects the accessible, compact style of literary introduction that was popular in his time.