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Edwin Gifford Lamb
b. 1878
A British-born scholar and rancher, he is remembered for a detailed early study of the Salvation Army’s work with poor and marginalized communities. His writing blends academic research with a practical interest in social reform.
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The Social Work of the Salvation Army
by Edwin Gifford Lamb
About the author
Born in London on December 22, 1878, Edwin Gifford Lamb later spent time in northwestern Canada before continuing his education. The autobiographical note included with The Social Work of the Salvation Army says he attended Wesley College in Winnipeg, studied at the University of Manitoba, and completed graduate work at Columbia University.
Lamb is chiefly known for The Social Work of the Salvation Army, a 1909 doctoral thesis that examined how the organization approached poverty, rehabilitation, and charitable work. Library and ebook records confirm that this is the main published work associated with his name.
Available records also suggest that his life was short: genealogical and memorial sources identify him as having died in Alberta in December 1914. I could not confirm a reliable portrait from the sources I found, so no profile image is included.