Charles Lamb

Charles Lamb (1775–1834) was an English essayist, poet, and antiquarian, best known for his Essays of Elia and for co-authoring the children's book Tales from Shakespeare with his sister Mary Lamb. He worked as a clerk at the East India Company and was a friend of literary figures such as Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Lamb devoted much of his life to caring for his sister Mary, who had mental health challenges.