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

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from 1913 to 1951. Born in

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, Australia, to the British mathematician

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and Elizabeth Foot, his siblings included the painter

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and the archaeologist

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. His nephew was the climatologist

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and his great-nephew was the

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politician

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. He was appointed a

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(CVO), and on 1 January 1943, a Knight Commander of the Order (KCVO).

Publications

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

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lamb, Walter Rangeley Maitland 1882 births 1961 deaths 20th-century British translators Australian art historians Australian expatriate academics in the United Kingdom Australian Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Australian translators Alumni of the Royal Academy Schools