James Lamb (orientalist)

James Lamb (or Lambe; 1599 – 18 October 1664), was an English clergyman and orientalist.

Lamb was baptised on 2 February 1598/9 in the parish of All Saints' Church, Oxford, the son of Richard Lamb. He was educated at Magdalen College School,[1] and entered Brasenose College, Oxford in 1613, graduating B.A. 1615, M.A. 1619 (incorporated M.A. at Cambridge 1628[2]), D.D. (from St Mary Hall, Oxford) 1660.[3]

He was chaplain to Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton. In the church, he held the following livings:[2]

He died on 18 October 1664, and was buried on 20 October in Westminster Abbey.[4]

He bequeathed many of his books to the library of Westminster Abbey; the Bodleian Library holds manuscripts by him, including a three-volume grammar of Arabic.[1]

Family

Lamb was married to Elizabeth Beeston (daughter of Arthur Bromfield MP and widow of William Beeston MP). They had no children, but he was step-father to Sir William Beeston, lieutenant-governor of Jamaica,[4] and Henry Beeston, Headmaster of Winchester College and Warden of New College, Oxford.

References

  1. ^ a b Goodwin, Gordon (1892). "Lamb, James" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 31. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  2. ^ a b "Lambe, James (LM628J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Lambe, James (1)" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500–1714. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  4. ^ a b "James Lambe". Westminster Abbey. Retrieved 24 November 2024.


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