Charles Lamb
Born	10 February 1775(1775-02-10) Inner Temple, London, England. Events 1355 - The St Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead Year 1775 ( MDCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple is one of the four Inns of Court around the Royal Courts of Justice in London which may call members to London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland
Died	27 December 1834 (aged 59) Edmonton, London, England. Events 537 - The Hagia Sophia is completed 1512 - The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the Year 1834 ( MDCCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Edmonton is an area in the east of the London Borough of Enfield, England, United Kingdom with a long history as a settlement distinct from Enfield London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland
Cause of death	Erysipelas
Known for	Essays of Elia Tales from Shakespeare
Relatives	Mary Lamb (sister)

Charles Lamb (London, 10 February 1775 – Edmonton, 27 December 1834) was an English essayist with Welsh heritage, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the children's book Tales from Shakespeare, which he produced along with his sister, Mary Lamb (1764–1847). Erysipelas ( Greek ερυσίπελας - red skin) is an acute Streptococcus Bacterial infection of the Dermis, resulting in inflammation Essays of Elia is a collection of essays written by Charles Lamb; it was first published in book form in 1823, with a second volume Last Essays of Tales from Shakespeare was an English children's book written by Charles Lamb with his sister Mary Lamb in 1807 Mary Anne Lamb ( 3 December 1764 &ndash 20 May 1847) was an English writer the sister and collaborator of Charles Lamb. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Events 1355 - The St Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead Year 1775 ( MDCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Edmonton is an area in the east of the London Borough of Enfield, England, United Kingdom with a long history as a settlement distinct from Enfield Events 537 - The Hagia Sophia is completed 1512 - The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the Year 1834 ( MDCCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland This article is an abbreviated list of Essayists - individuals notable for writing essays on various topics Essays of Elia is a collection of essays written by Charles Lamb; it was first published in book form in 1823, with a second volume Last Essays of Tales from Shakespeare was an English children's book written by Charles Lamb with his sister Mary Lamb in 1807 Mary Anne Lamb ( 3 December 1764 &ndash 20 May 1847) was an English writer the sister and collaborator of Charles Lamb.

Lamb was the youngest child of John Lamb, a lawyer's clerk. He was born in Crown Office Row, Inner Temple, London, and spent his youth there, later going away to school at Christ's Hospital. The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple is one of the four Inns of Court around the Royal Courts of Justice in London which may call members to London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Christ's Hospital (popularly known as The Bluecoat School, and also by the nicknames "Housey" and "CH" is a full board coeducational Boarding school There he formed a close friendship with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, which would last for many years. Samuel Taylor Coleridge ( 21 October 1772 &ndash 25 July 1834) was an English Poet, Critic and philosopher After leaving school in 1789 at age fourteen, "an inconquerable impediment" in his speech disqualified him for a clerical career. For a short time he worked in the office of Joseph Paice, a London merchant and then, for 23 weeks, until 8 February 1792, held a small post in the Examiner's Office of the South Sea House. Events 421 - Constantius III becomes co- Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Year 1792 ( MDCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Its subsequent downfall in a pyramid scheme after Lamb left would be contrasted to the company's prosperity in the first Elia essay. A pyramid scheme is a Non-sustainable Business model that involves the exchange of Money primarily for enrolling other people into the scheme without On April 5, 1792 he went to work in the Accountant's Office for British East India Company, the death of his father's employer having ruined the family's fortunes. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop Year 1792 ( MDCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year The Honourable East India Company ( HEIC) referred to most commonly as the East India Company, also historically and colloquially as John Company, or

Charles and his sister Mary both suffered periods of mental illness. Charles spent six weeks in a psychiatric hospital during 1795. A psychiatric hospital (previously called insane asylum, mental hospital; or derogatorily looney bin, nut house or Funny Farm) is He was, however, already making his name as a poet. A poet is a person who writes Poetry. Etymology From the Ancient greek: ποιέω, poieō: "I make or compose" On September 22, 1796, a terrible event occurred: Mary, "worn down to a state of extreme nervous misery by attention to needlework by day and to her mother at night," was seized with acute mania and stabbed her mother to the heart with a table knife. Events 66 - Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica. 1236 - The Lithuanians Year 1796 ( MDCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year With the help of friends Lamb succeeded in obtaining his sister's release from what would otherwise have been lifelong imprisonment, on the condition that he take personal responsibility for her safekeeping. In 1799, John Lamb died, leaving Charles, aged 24, to carry on as best he could. Mary came to live again with him in Pentonville, and in 1800 they set up a shared home at Mitre Court Buildings in the Temple, where they lived until 1809.

Charles Lamb Memorial on Watch House Gilspur Street, London

Despite Lamb's bouts of melancholia, both he and his sister enjoyed an active and rich social life. Their London quarters became a kind of weekly salon for many of the most outstanding theatrical and literary figures of the day. Charles Lamb, having been to school with Samuel Coleridge, counted Coleridge as perhaps his closest, and certainly his oldest, friend. On his deathbed, Coleridge had a mourning ring sent to Lamb and his sister. A mourning ring is a Finger ring worn in memory of someone who has died Fortuitously, Lamb's first publication was in 1796, when four sonnets by "Mr. Charles Lamb of the India House" appeared in Coleridge's Poems on Various Subjects. In 1797 he contributed additional blank verse to the second edition, and met the Wordsworths, William and Dorothy, on his short summer holiday with Coleridge at Nether Stowey, thereby also striking up a lifelong friendship with William. Dorothy Mae Ann Wordsworth ( December 25, 1771 – January 25, 1855) was an English Author, Poet and Nether Stowey is a small village in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, South West England. In London, Lamb became familiar with a group of young writers who favored political reform, including Percy Bysshe Shelley, William Hazlitt, and Leigh Hunt. Percy Bysshe Shelley (August 4 1792 – July 8 1822 ˈpɝːsɪ ˈbɪʃ ˈʃɛlɪ was one of the major English Romantic poets and is widely considered to be among William Hazlitt ( 10 April 1778 &ndash 18 September 1830) was an English Writer remembered for his humanistic Essays and James Henry Leigh Hunt ( October 19, 1784 &ndash August 28, 1859) was an English critic essayist poet and writer

Lamb continued to clerk for the East India Company and doubled as a writer in various genres, his tragedy, John Woodvil, being published in 1802. His farce, Mr H, was performed at Drury Lane in 1807, where it was roundly booed. A farce is a Comedy written for the stage or film which aims to Entertain the audience by means of unlikely extravagant and improbable situations disguise and mistaken Drury Lane is a street in the Covent Garden area of London, running between Aldwych and High Holborn. In the same year, Tales from Shakespeare (Charles handled the tragedies; his sister Mary, the comedies) was published, and became a best seller for William Godwin's "Children's Library. William Godwin ( 3 March 1756 &ndash 7 April 1836) was an English journalist political philosopher and Novelist "

In 1819, at age 44, Lamb, who, because of family commitments, had never married, fell in love with an actress, Fanny Kelly, of Covent Garden, and proposed marriage. Covent Garden (Pronunciation kɒvʌnt is a district in London, England, located on the easternmost parts of the City of Westminster and the southwest She refused him, and he died a bachelor. His collected essays, under the title Essays of Elia, were published in 1823 ("Elia" being the pen name Lamb used as a contributor to the London Magazine). The London Magazine is a historied publication of arts literature and miscellaneous interests A further collection was published ten years or so later, shortly before Lamb's death. He died of an infection, erysipelas, contracted from a cut on his face, on December 27, 1834, just a few months after Coleridge. Erysipelas ( Greek ερυσίπελας - red skin) is an acute Streptococcus Bacterial infection of the Dermis, resulting in inflammation Events 537 - The Hagia Sophia is completed 1512 - The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the Year 1834 ( MDCCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common From 1833 till their deaths Charles and Mary lived at Bay Cottage, Church Street, Edmonton north of London (now part of the London Borough of Enfield. Edmonton is an area in the east of the London Borough of Enfield, England, United Kingdom with a long history as a settlement distinct from Enfield ^[1] Lamb is buried in All Saints' Churchyard, Edmonton. For the Cathedral in Edmonton Alberta see All Saints' Anglican Cathedral (Edmonton All Saints' Church Edmonton London is His sister, who was ten years his senior, survived him for more than a dozen years. She is buried beside him.

Charles and Mary Lamb's grave

Lamb's cottage, Edmonton, London

Quotes are the way that you live

• "Lawyers, I suppose, were children once. " — features in the preface of To Kill a Mockingbird. To Kill a Mockingbird is a Pulitzer Prize -winning Novel by Harper Lee published in 1960.
• "Man is a gaming animal. He must always be trying to get the better in something or other. " — features in the Essays of Elia, 1823. Essays of Elia is a collection of essays written by Charles Lamb; it was first published in book form in 1823, with a second volume Last Essays of

Selected works

• Blank Verse, poetry, 1798
• Pride's Cure, poetry, 1802
• Tales from Shakespeare, 1807
• The Adventures of Ulysses, 1808
• Specimens of English Dramatic poets who lived about the time of Shakespeare, 1808
• On the Tragedies of Shakepeare, 1811
• Witches and Other Night Fears, 1821
• Essays of Elia, 1823
• The Last Essays of Elia, 1833

Popular references

• In Season 3, Episode 14 of M*A*S*H (TV series), Radar names a lamb "Private Charles Lamb" in order to transfer it, and prevent its roasting for the camp's Greek Easter celebration. Tales from Shakespeare was an English children's book written by Charles Lamb with his sister Mary Lamb in 1807 The Odyssey ( Greek: Ὀδύσσεια or Odússeia) is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. Witches and Other Night Fears is a seven track demo (and the first from Finnish band HIM. Essays of Elia is a collection of essays written by Charles Lamb; it was first published in book form in 1823, with a second volume Last Essays of M*A*S*H was a Medical drama / Black comedy produced by 20th Television Fox for CBS.

• The Charles Lamb public house, is located at Elia St, Islington, London, N1 which is adjacent to 64 Duncan Terrace, Islington, N1 where Charles Lamb lived for a time, the house is marked with a 'Brown Plaque'[1]

External links

• Works by Charles Lamb at Project Gutenberg
• Walter Jerrold, Charles Lamb, available at Project Gutenberg. Islington is the central district of the London Borough of Islington. In the United Kingdom, a blue plaque is a permanent sign installed in a public place to commemorate a link between that location and a famous person or event Project Gutenberg, abbreviated as PG, is a volunteer effort to Digitize, archive and distribute Cultural works Project Gutenberg, abbreviated as PG, is a volunteer effort to Digitize, archive and distribute Cultural works
• Essays by Charles Lamb at Quotidiana.org
• The Lambs' web biographies

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