Charles Dickens, novelist, lived here. B: 1812. D:1870.
{Almost hidden in the decorative border:}
Erected by the Society of Arts
But he did not live in the building here today, he lived in Furnival's Inn.
EC1, Holborn, 273, Holborn Bars (ex-Prudential Building)
Credit for this entry to: Jean Haynes of www.walks.com
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Dickens plaque - EC1
Born, son of Elizabeth and John Dickens, at No.1 Mile End Terrace, Landport, ...
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Dickens plaque - EC1
Founded by William Shipley as the "Society of Arts" in Rawthmell's Coffee Hou...
John Lindley, 1799 - 1865, botanist and pioneer orchidologist, lived here from 1836 and died here. English Heritage
The (unhelpfully brick-coloured) plaque is to the bottom left of the small upstairs window. Perhaps that was his bedroom.
Poe Unveiled by Steven Berkoff on 4 June 2011. The Flicker Club The Edgar Allan Poe Society
There are two alcoves, placed some distance apart so we have only photoed one. Both of them have both memorials.
At the unveiling musketeers from the Rainsborough Regiment of the Sealed Knot fired a volley to mark the occasion.
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