Researching Charles Lamb

Charles Lamb (10 February 1775 – 27 December 1834) was an English essayist, poet, and antiquarian, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the children's book Tales from Shakespeare, co-authored with his sister, Mary Lamb (1764–1847).

Friends with such literary luminaries as Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey, William Wordsworth, and William Hazlitt, Lamb was at the centre of a major literary circle in England. He has been referred to by E. V. Lucas, his principal biographer, as "the most lovable figure in English literature".

Born and raised in New York City, he studied under William Sartain at the Art Students' League. He was a member of his father's firm, the J&R Lamb Studios. He was a founding member of the National Sculpture Society. He was best known for ecclesiastical architecture and memorial and historical art. Lamb was the designer of the Dewey Arch in 1899.

In 1888 he married Ella Condie Lamb with whom he had five children. Ella joined the studio creating stained glass designs and murals.

Lamb designed the World War I memorial in Chelsea Park, Manhattan, with a bronze statue of a soldier by Philip Martiny.

Lamb made his debut for Cheshire in the 1993 Minor Counties Championship against Shropshire. Lamb played Minor counties cricket for Cheshire from 1993 to 2001, including 40 Minor Counties Championship matches and 19 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 1994, he made his List A debut against Durham in NatWest Trophy. He played three further List A matches for Cheshire, the last of which came against Cornwall in the 2nd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001. In his four List A matches he took just 2 wickets at a bowling average of 59.50, with best figures of 2/16.