Charles Lamb collection, 1817-1935.

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Charles Lamb collection, 1817-1935.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30058077

Contains reprints, memorials, magazine article excerpts, book and exhibit catalogs, and other miscellaneous materials by and about Charles Lamb.

.5 ft.

Arizona State University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7282710

Arizona State University Libraries

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Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834

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Charles Lamb was born to John and Elizabeth (Field) Lamb in London on February 10, 1775. Two of his siblings survived to adulthood, John (1763-1821) and Mary Ann (1764-1847). Charles Lamb studied at Christ's Hospital but left the school at the age of fifteen due to his chronic stammering. He began working as a secretary and later entered the mercantile trade, joining the East India Company as a clerk in the accounting department in 1792. Mental illness ran in the Lamb family, and C...