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Mary Lamb

1764 - 1847

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Mary Anne Lamb (3 December 1764 – 20 May 1847) was an English writer. She is best known for the collaboration with her brother Charles on the collection Tales from Shakespeare (1807). Mary suffered from mental illness, and in 1796, aged 31, she stabbed her mother to death during a mental breakdown. She was confined to mental facilities for most of her remaining life. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Mary Lamb is the 6,076th most popular writer (up from 6,216th in 2024), the 5,106th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,222nd in 2019) and the 555th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Mary Lamb ranks 6,076 out of 7,302. Before her are Maxine Kumin, Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Gen Urobuchi, Wolfdietrich Schnurre, Eldridge Cleaver, and Anthony Powell. After her are Antonín Sova, Manuel Rojas, David Simon, Hugh Blair, Waleed Al-Husseini, and Sigitas Geda.

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Among people born in 1764, Mary Lamb ranks 35. Before her are Edward Livingston, John Mawe, Carl Fredrik Fallén, Johann Wilhelm Meigen, Benjamin Henry Latrobe, and William Pinkney.  Among people deceased in 1847, Mary Lamb ranks 46. Before her are Frans Michael Franzén, Vicente Rocafuerte, Grace Aguilar, Luis José de Orbegoso, José de Palafox y Melci, 1st Duke of Zaragoza, and Manuel Menéndez. After her is Thomas Chalmers.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mary Lamb ranks 5,108 out of 8,785. Before her are Eric A. Havelock (1903), Carol V. Robinson (1956), Lynsey de Paul (1948), Æthelwold of Winchester (900), Anthony Powell (1905), and Ernest Townsend (1880). After her are R. J. Mitchell (1895), Bernard Pyne Grenfell (1869), Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford (1827), Bob Gerard (1914), John Owen (1827), and Mary Millar (1936).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Mary Lamb ranks 555. Before her are Edmund Gosse (1849), Ali Smith (1962), Darren Shan (1972), Frances Wright (1795), Julian Symons (1912), and Anthony Powell (1905). After her are Hugh Blair (1718), Dora Marsden (1882), Stella Gibbons (1902), Emilia Lanier (1569), Mina Loy (1882), and Terence Rattigan (1911).

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