Charles Lamb

Charles Lamb

English essayist, poet, and antiquarian (1775–1834)

Died aged 59AquariusUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Biography

Charles Lamb (10 February 1775 – 27 December 1834) was an English essayist, poet and antiquarian, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the children's book Tales from Shakespeare, co-authored with his sister, Mary Lamb (1764–1847).

Friends with such literary luminaries as Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey, William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth and William Hazlitt, Lamb was at the centre of a major literary circle in England. He has been referred to by E. V. Lucas, his principal biographer, as "the most lovable figure in English literature".

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Career highlights

Notable works

  • Tales from Shakspeare
  • Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
  • Macbeth
  • Preface
  • Timon of Athens
  • Othello

Family

Parents
John Lamb
Siblings
Mary Lamb

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Charles Lamb died on December 27, 1834 at the age of 59.
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Charles Lamb was born in London.
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Charles Lamb's zodiac sign is Aquarius.
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