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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 1,376,417 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Charles Lamb is the 2,976th most popular writer (down from 2,788th in 2019), the 2,230th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,098th in 2019) and the 258th most popular British Writer.

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  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Charles Lamb ranks 2,976 out of 5,755. Before him are Antal Szerb, Monteiro Lobato, Bohuslav Balbín, Kristjan Jaak Peterson, Janosch, and Jan Arnošt Smoler. After him are Amadou Hampâté Bâ, Heo Nanseolheon, Douglas Preston, Josef Škvorecký, Kamalaśīla, and Daniel Guérin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1775, Charles Lamb ranks 30. Before him are Antoni Radziwiłł, Carlo Rossi, Louisa Adams, Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger, Baji Rao II, and Daniel O'Connell. After him are Nicolas Isouard, George Prideaux Robert Harris, José de Palafox y Melci, 1st Duke of Zaragoza, Honoré Charles Reille, Conrad Malte-Brun, and Antonio Bertoloni. Among people deceased in 1834, Charles Lamb ranks 25. Before him are Louis Philippe, Crown Prince of Belgium, Aleksey Arakcheyev, Robert Morrison, Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach, Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow, and William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville. After him are Gamzat-bek, Thomas Telford, Albrecht Wilhelm Roth, Joseph Bové, Pierre Adet, and Thomas Say.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Lamb ranks 2,230 out of 7,765. Before him are John Brunner (1934), Samuel Clarke (1675), Thomas Bradwardine (1300), Phil Taylor (1960), Edward Hardwicke (1932), and Joey Dunlop (1952). After him are George Albert Smith (1864), Prasutagus (50), Sylvia Pankhurst (1882), George Romney (1734), Rachel Ward (1957), and Miriam Margolyes (1941).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Charles Lamb ranks 258. Before him are George Herbert (1593), J. B. Priestley (1894), William Robertson Smith (1846), Michael Bond (1926), Caroline Graham (1931), and John Brunner (1934). After him are Nick Hornby (1957), Anthony Horowitz (1955), William Smith (1813), Dodie Smith (1896), Richard Hammond (1969), and Jack Higgins (1929).

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