Playwright, novelist and short story writer. Born of British parents in Paris. A recent biographer, Selina Hastings, writes that Maugham "liked sex and he liked a lot of it." "Few good-looking young men who crossed his path were left unpropositioned." Maugham's wife (yes, really) was Syrie, daughter of Dr Barnardo and former wife of Sir Henry Wellcome. Maugham died in Nice, France.
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W. Somerset Maugham
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W. S. Maugham - Chesterfield Street
Greater London Council William Somerset Maugham, 1874 - 1965, novelist and p...
W. S. Maugham - Wyndham Place
William Somerset Maugham 1874 - 1965 Novelist and playwright lived here 1919 ...
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Marshal Ferdinand Foch
Soldier and writer. Born in Tarbes, Hautes-Pyrénées, France. He enlisted in the French army in 1870 during the Franco-Prussian war. During the First World War he distinguished himself at the battle...
1 memorial
Richmal Crompton
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1 memorial
C. L. R. James
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Person, Literature, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Sport / Games, Caribbean Islands
1 memorial
Frances (Fanny) Burney
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2 memorials
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Died Weimar.
2 memorials