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Charles Lamb
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Charles Lamb was a British writer from the late 1700s and early 1800s who is best known for his essays, poetry, and interest in old books and manuscripts. He matters because he was an influential literary figure of his time whose work helped shape the essay as a popular form of writing.
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Charles
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- Edmonton
- Sibling
- Mary Lamb
- Occupation
- short story writer
- Educated at
- Christ's Hospital
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Student of
- William Wales
- Image
- Charles Lamb by Henry Hoppner Meyer.jpg
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- Commons Creator page
- Charles Lamb
- writing language
- English language
- archives at
- Harry Ransom Center
- manner of death
- natural causes
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- Commons category
- Charles Lamb
- date of birth
- 1775-02-10
- date of death
- 1834-12-27
- influenced by
- Algernon Charles Swinburne
- cause of death
- erysipelas
- ethnic group
- English people
- pseudonym
- Elia
- partner in business or sport
- Mary Lamb
- has works in the collection
- Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
- name in native language
- Charles Lamb
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Encyclopedic overview
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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