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Charles Lamb
British essayist, poet, antiquarian (1775–1834)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 10 February 1775
- Died
- 27 December 1834
- Part of
- Charles and Mary Lamb
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- Edmonton
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- Charles
- Family name
- Lamb
- Father
- John Lamb
- Sibling
- Mary Lamb
- Occupation
- writer, poet, playwright, literary critic, children's writer, short story writer
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Native language
- English
- cause of death
- erysipelas
- depicted by
- Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb; Charles Lamb
- described by source
- Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978), Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Library of the World's Best Literature, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- educated at
- Christ's Hospital
- floruit
- 1901
- has works in the collection
- Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
- influenced by
- Algernon Charles Swinburne
- languages spoken, written or signed
- English
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Charles Lamb
- notable work
- Tales from Shakspeare, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, Macbeth, Preface, Timon of Athens, Othello
- partner in business or sport
- Mary Lamb
- place of burial
- All Saints' Church, Edmonton
- pseudonym
- Elia
- student of
- William Wales
- topic's main category
- Category:Charles Lamb
- writing language
- English
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