Charles Lamb

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Also Known As	Elia
Born	February 10, 1775 • London • England
Died	December 27, 1834 (aged 59) • England
Notable Works	“Essays of Elia” • “Last Essays of Elia” • “Specimens of English Dramatic Poets Who Lived About the Time of Shakespear” • “Tales from Shakespear”
Notable Family Members	sister Mary Ann Lamb

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Mary Ann Lamb, detail of an oil painting by Francis Stephen Cary, 1834; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.

Mary Ann Lamb

British author

David Garrick as Richard III

David Garrick

English actor, poet, and producer

Nahum Tate

English writer

Harley Granville-Barker, detail of an oil painting by Jacques-Emile Blanche, 1930; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.

Harley Granville-Barker

British author and producer

Robert Armin

English actor

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German writer

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Ethiopian author

Otto Ludwig

German writer

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German author and critic

Alexander Dyce

Scottish editor

Portrait of poet Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope

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Charles Clarke, detail of a portrait by an unknown artist; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

Charles Cowden Clarke

English editor and critic

John Gielgud

John Gielgud

British actor and director

Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Macbeth, 1911.

Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree

British actor and manager

Claire Bloom

Claire Bloom

British actress

Ireland, William-Henry

William-Henry Ireland

British forger

Vajiravudh

Vajiravudh

king of Siam

Delia Salter Bacon

American author

Gregorio Martínez Sierra

Spanish dramatist

Mihály Babits

Hungarian author

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