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Mary Ann Lamb: Quick Facts

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Facts

Born December 3, 1764 • London • England
Died May 20, 1847 (aged 82) • London • England
Notable Works “Tales from Shakespear”
Notable Family Members brother Charles Lamb

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Mary Ann Lamb, detail of an oil painting by Francis Stephen Cary, 1834; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
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Charles Lamb
British author
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Nahum Tate
English writer
David Garrick as Richard III
David Garrick
English actor, poet, and producer
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
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Gabre-Medhin Tsegaye
Ethiopian author
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Alexander Dyce
Scottish editor
John Gielgud
John Gielgud
British actor and director
Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Macbeth
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree
British actor and manager
Claire Bloom
Claire Bloom
British actress
Ireland, William-Henry
William-Henry Ireland
British forger
Tieck, detail of an oil painting by K. Vogel von Vogelstein, 1834; in the National Gallery, Berlin
Ludwig Tieck
German writer
Vajiravudh
Vajiravudh
king of Siam
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Delia Salter Bacon
American author
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Gregorio MartĂ­nez Sierra
Spanish dramatist
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Otto Ludwig
German writer
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MihĂĄly Babits
Hungarian author
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Johann Elias Schlegel
German author and critic
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Ian Bannen
Scottish actor
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Junius Brutus Booth
American actor
Portrait of poet Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope
English author

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