Walter Lamb (classicist)

This article is about the British classicist Sir Walter Lamb. For the American football player, see Walt Lamb.
Lamb in 1931

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]

  1. ^ "Sir Walter Rangeley Maitland Lamb - Person - National Portrait Gallery". Npg.org.uk. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Royal Academy of Arts Collections - Person". Racollection.org.uk. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  3. ^ London Gazette. Retrieved 30 June 2017