Portrait of Charles Lamb

Romantic

Charles Lamb

1775 – 1834

British essayist, poet, antiquarian (1775–1834)

  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
  • British
  • Romanticism
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About

Charles Lamb 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).

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Portrait by After Henry Hoppner Meyer (Public domain) via Wikimedia Commons.

Life on the Timeline

1775 – 1834
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Major Works

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