Mary Lamb

Mary Lamb
n. (1764-1847) English writer, wrote the children's book "Tales From Shakespeare" together with her brother Charles Lamb, in 1796 she suffered a breakdown and attacked and wounded their father and stabbed and killed their mother with a kitchen knife

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  • Mary Lamb — With her brother Charles painting by Francis Stephen Cary Born 3 December 1764(1764 12 03) England …   Wikipedia

  • Mary Lamb — Mary Ann Lamb Mary Ann Lamb (* 3. Dezember 1764 in London; † 20. Mai 1847 ebenda) war eine englische Schriftstellerin und Mitarbeiterin ihres ebenfalls schreibenden Bruders Charles Lamb. Als Kind einer wenig begüterten Familie erweiterte sie ihre …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Mary Ann Lamb — (* 3. Dezember 1764 in London; † 20. Mai 1847 ebenda) war eine englische Schriftstellerin und Mitarbeiterin ihres ebenfalls schreibenden Bruders Charles Lamb. Als Kind einer wenig begüterten Familie erweiterte sie ihre bescheidene Schulbildung… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Lamb —   [læm],    1) Charles, englischer Schriftsteller, * London 10. 2. 1775, ✝ Edmonton (heute zu London) 27. 12. 1834; 1792 1825 Beamter der East India Company. Mit seiner Schwester Mary (* 1764, ✝ 1847) veröffentlichte Lamb Nacherzählungen für… …   Universal-Lexikon

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  • Mary Matilda Betham — (1776 1852) was an English poet, woman of letters, and miniature painter.[1] She was the daughter of William Betham.[1] In London, Betham gave public Shakespeare readings and exhibited her portraits at the Royal Academy. She published A… …   Wikipedia

  • Lamb — Lamb, Charles (1775 1834) a British writer of ↑essays, who worked with his sister Mary Lamb (1764 1847) on Tales from Shakespeare, a book for children that tells the stories of Shakespeare s plays in simple language …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Lamb, Charles — born Feb. 10, 1775, London, Eng. died Dec. 27, 1834, Edmonton, Middlesex English essayist and critic. Lamb was employed as a clerk at East India House (headquarters for the East India Company) from 1792 to 1825. From 1796 he was guardian of his… …   Universalium

  • Lamb, Charles and Mary — (1764 1847)    • Charles, the brother (1775 1834)    Born in London, the son of John Lamb, a clerk of the Inner Temple, he was educated at Christ s Hospital, where he became friends with Samuel Taylor Coleridge (see entry) and Leigh Hunt (see… …   British and Irish poets

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