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Walter Lamb (classicist)

Sir Walter Rangeley Maitland Lamb KCVO was a British classical lecturer, author and translator. He was Secretary of the Royal Academy from 1913 to 1951.

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Sir Walter Rangeley Maitland Lamb KCVO (5 January 1882 – 27 March 1961) was a British classical lecturer, author and translator.1 He was Secretary of the Royal Academy from 1913 to 1951.2

Born in Adelaide, Australia,2 to the British mathematician Horace Lamb and Elizabeth Foot, his siblings included the painter Henry Lamb and the archaeologist Dorothy Lamb. His nephew was the climatologist Hubert Lamb and his great-nephew was the Liberal Democrat politician Norman Lamb.

He was appointed a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO), and on 1 January 1943, a Knight Commander of the Order (KCVO).3

Publications

  • The Royal Academy : a short history of its foundation and development by Sir Walter R.M. Lamb (1951)4
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References

  1. "Sir Walter Rangeley Maitland Lamb - Person - National Portrait Gallery". Npg.org.uk. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  2. "Royal Academy of Arts Collections - Person". Racollection.org.uk. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  3. London Gazette. Retrieved 30 June 2017
  4. "Sir Walter RM Lamb - the Royal Academy : A short history of its foundatin and development / By Sir Walter R.M. Lamb". Archived from the original on 24 December 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
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