G. W. Dasent

Sir George Webbe Dasent (1817–1896) was a British lawyer, translator of Scandinavian folk tales and sagas, and contributor to The Times. Born in St. Vincent to the attorney-general John Roche Dasent, he was educated at Westminster School and Oxford, served in a diplomatic post in Stockholm where he developed his interest in Norse literature, and later became professor of English literature at King's College London. His notable works include translations of The Prose Edda (1842), Njal's Saga (1861), and Popular Tales from the Norse.[1][2][7]