Plaque

Samuel Johnson's house

Inscription

Dr Samuel Johnson, author, lived here. B. 1709. D. 1784.
{In the border, interleaved with the links of a chain, are the letters of:}
Erected by the Society of Arts

Site: Samuel Johnson's house (2 memorials)

EC4, Gough Square, 17, Dr Johnson's House

The house is a museum, open to the public and contains many pictures of Johnson and his friends. The Barber plaque is on the railings below the Johnson one.

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Samuel Johnson's house

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Dr Samuel Johnson

Essayist, biographer, lexicographer and speaker of quotes. Born Lichfield, St...

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Samuel Johnson's house

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Royal Society of Arts

Founded by William Shipley as the "Society of Arts" in Rawthmell's Coffee Hou...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
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Francis Barber

Francis Barber

The plaque is on the railings below the Royal Society of Arts one. Dec 2020:...

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