/lam/ , n.
1. Charles ( "Elia" ), 1775-1834, English essayist and critic.
2. Harold A ., 1892-1962, U.S. novelist.
3. Mary Ann , 1764-1847, English author who wrote in collaboration with her brother Charles Lamb.
4. William, 2nd Viscount Melbourne , 1779-1848, English statesman: prime minister 1834, 1835-41.
5. Willis E(ugene), Jr ., born 1913, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1955.