Walter Lamb (classicist) explained

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sir Walter Rangeley Maitland Lamb - Person - National Portrait Gallery . Npg.org.uk . 2016-12-23.
  2. Web site: Royal Academy of Arts Collections - Person . Racollection.org.uk . 2016-12-23.
  3. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35841/page/7/data.pdf London Gazette
  4. Web site: Sir Walter RM Lamb - the Royal Academy : A short history of its foundatin and development / By Sir Walter R.M. Lamb. . 23 December 2016 . 24 December 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161224031919/https://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/1153615/the-royal-academy-a-short-history-of-its-foundatin-and-development-by-sir-walter . dead .

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