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Charles Lamb

1775 - 1834

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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). 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Lamb has received more than 1,452,845 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Charles Lamb is the 3,387th most popular writer (down from 2,965th in 2019), the 2,429th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,224th in 2019) and the 277th most popular British Writer.

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  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The Essays of Elia
English essays, Accessible book, Essays
good book
1823
The letters of Charles Lamb
Correspondence, English Authors, Accessible book
1837
The works of Charles and Mary Lamb
Bibliography, Adaptations
1903
Mrs. Leicester's school
Children's stories, English, Illustrated children's books, Conduct of life
1800
Tales from Shakespeare (20)
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, Juvenile literature, Adaptations
Contains 20 adaptations from Shakespeare; The Tempest (Mary Lamb) A Midsummer Night's Dream (Mary Lamb) The Winter's Tale (Mary Lamb) Much Ado About Nothing (Mary Lamb) As You Like It (Mary Lamb) Two Gentlemen of Verona (Mary Lamb) The Merchant of Venice (Mary Lamb) Cymbeline (Mary Lamb) King Lear (Charles Lamb) Macbeth (Charles Lamb) All's Well That Ends Well (Mary Lamb) The Taming of the Shrew (Mary Lamb) The Comedy of Errors (Mary Lamb) Measure for Measure (Mary Lamb) Twelfth Night (Mary Lamb) Timon of Athens (Charles Lamb) Romeo and Juliet (Charles Lamb) Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (Charles Lamb) Othello (Charles Lamb) Pericles, Prince of Tyre (Mary Lamb)
1807
The works of Charles Lamb
1800
The letters of Charles Lamb
Correspondence, English Authors
1837
Adventures of Ulysses
2011
The essays of Elia, first series
English essays, English prose literature
1800
The Essays of Elia
English essays, Essays, Indians of South America
good book
1823
Tales from Shakespeare
1958
Tales from Shakespeare [20 tales]
Adaptations, Shakespeare, william, 1564-1616, adaptations, Juvenile literature
Contains 20 adaptations from Shakespeare; The Tempest (Mary Lamb) A Midsummer Night's Dream (Mary Lamb) The Winter's Tale (Mary Lamb) Much Ado About Nothing (Mary Lamb) As You Like It (Mary Lamb) Two Gentlemen of Verona (Mary Lamb) The Merchant of Venice (Mary Lamb) Cymbeline (Mary Lamb) King Lear (Charles Lamb) Macbeth (Charles Lamb) All's Well That Ends Well (Mary Lamb) The Taming of the Shrew (Mary Lamb) The Comedy of Errors (Mary Lamb) Measure for Measure (Mary Lamb) Twelfth Night (Mary Lamb) Timon of Athens (Charles Lamb) Romeo and Juliet (Charles Lamb) Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (Charles Lamb) Othello (Charles Lamb) Pericles, Prince of Tyre (Mary Lamb)
1807

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Charles Lamb ranks 3,387 out of 7,302. Before him are Boris Polevoy, Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao, Armen Ohanian, Jean Effel, William Hope Hodgson, and Mika Antić. After him are Juan Boscán Almogáver, Salomėja Nėris, Willibald Alexis, Leopoldo Lugones, Alexis Piron, and Ferenc Kölcsey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1775, Charles Lamb ranks 32. Before him are Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, Louisa Adams, Juan Martín Díez, Daniel O'Connell, Carlo Rossi, and Stefan Bogoridi. After him are George Prideaux Robert Harris, Nicolas Isouard, Honoré Charles Reille, Bhimsen Thapa, François Marius Granet, and Antonio Bertoloni. Among people deceased in 1834, Charles Lamb ranks 28. Before him are Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow, Robert Morrison, William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, Giovanni Aldini, Elisa Radziwiłł, and Gamzat-bek. After him are Filip Višnjić, Albrecht Wilhelm Roth, Thomas Telford, George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer, Joseph Bové, and Infanta Maria da Assunção of Braganza.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Lamb ranks 2,429 out of 8,785. Before him are Leslie Phillips (1924), Delroy Lindo (1952), Edwin Lutyens (1869), Richard Cobden (1804), William Hope Hodgson (1877), and Pete Burns (1959). After him are Terence Davies (1945), William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford (1768), Philip Catherine (1942), Richard Bremmer (1953), Arthur Wynne (1871), and Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham (1478).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Charles Lamb ranks 277. Before him are Anna Sewell (1820), Arnold Wesker (1932), David Crystal (1941), John Ford (1586), Vera Brittain (1893), and William Hope Hodgson (1877). After him are John Henry Mackay (1864), Grace Elliott (1754), J. B. Priestley (1894), John Osborne (1929), John Evelyn (1620), and Robert Kerr (1755).

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