Walter Lamb (classicist)
British classical lecturer, author and translator (1882–1961)
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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]