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Charles Lamb
English essayist, poet, and antiquarian (1775–1834) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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).
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Charles Lamb | |
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Born | (1775-02-10)10 February 1775 Inner Temple, London, England |
Died | 27 December 1834(1834-12-27) (aged 59) |
Other names | Elia |
Known for | Essays of Elia Tales from Shakespeare |
Relatives | Mary Lamb (sister), John Lamb (brother; 1763–1821) |
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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".[1]