![]() ![]() Mary was confined to an asylum but was eventually released into the care of her brother. His sister, Mary Ann Lamb, had far worse problems and in 1796 murdered her mother in a fit of madness. When he was twenty years old Lamb suffered a brief period of insanity. At Christ’s Hospital he became friends with Samuel Taylor Coleridge and they developed a friendship that lasted their entire lives. ![]() Christ’s Hospital was a traditional English boarding school bleak and full of violence. His time at William Bird did not last long, however, because by October 1782 Lamb was enrolled in Christ’s Hospital, a charity boarding school chartered by King Edward VI in 1552. Lucas suggests that sometime in 1781 he began to study at the Academy of William Bird. It is known that Mary taught him to read at a very early age and he read voraciously. ![]() Little is known about Charles’s life before the age of seven. Lamb was also cared for by his paternal aunt Hetty, who seems to have had a particular fondness for him. He had six other siblings including an older sister, Mary. Lamb was the youngest child of Elizabeth Field and John Lamb. Charles Lamb was born on 10th February 1775 in Inner Temple, London. ![]()
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