English poet, journalist, antiquary, and learned editor of Shakespeare and Spenser; his forgeries of historical documents permanently tarnished his reputation.

REFERENCES TO John Payne Collier:

Charles Lamb to John Payne Collier, 10 December 1817 in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)

Charles Lamb to John Payne Collier, 16 May 1821 in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)

Charles Lamb to Jane and John Dyer Collier, [6 January 1823] in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)

Charles Lamb to Jane Payne Collier, 2 November 1824 in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)

Charles Lamb to Edward Moxon, [14 July 1831] in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)