The son of Charles Isaac Mungo Dibdin; he worked as a clerk in a mercantile concern, edited the European Magazine for a time, and corresponded with Charles Lamb.

CORRESPONDENCE OF John Bates Dibdin:

Charles Lamb to John Bates Dibdin, [1823?] in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)

Charles Lamb to John Bates Dibdin, [6 May 1823] in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)

Charles Lamb to John Bates Dibdin, [28 October 1823 in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)

Charles Lamb to John Bates Dibdin, [28 July 1824] in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)

Charles Lamb to John Bates Dibdin, [11 January 1825 in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)

Charles Lamb to John Bates Dibdin, [30 June 1826] in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)

Charles Lamb to John Bates Dibdin, [14 July 1826] in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)

Charles Lamb to John Bates Dibdin, [9 September 1826] in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)

Charles Lamb to John Bates Dibdin, [5 September 1827] in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)

Charles Lamb to John Bates Dibdin, [13 September 1827] in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)

Charles Lamb to John Bates Dibdin, [18 September 1827] in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)

Charles Lamb to John Bates Dibdin, [2 October 1827] in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)