Plaque

Boswell and Johnson

Boswell and Johnson Boswell and Johnson
Inscription

Greater London Council
In this house, occupied by Thomas Davies, bookseller, Dr Samuel Johnson first met James Boswell in 1763.

Site: Boswell and Johnson (1 memorial)

WC2, Russell Street, 8

Sometime between 2009 and 2012 a long blue panel was added to this building, low on the left. The text adds some detail to the famous meeting. We've decided not to add the panel here as a memorial since it is riddled with typographic or language errors (difficult to know which). Part of it replicates a heritage blue plaque to the extent of having 'Greater London Council' around the top. I think we can be sure that neither the GLC nor English Heritage had anything to do with it.

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Boswell and Johnson

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James Boswell

Born Edinburgh, died London. Known for his two-volume biography 'The Life Of...

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Thomas Davies

The bookseller and author who, in 1763, introduced Dr Samuel Johnson to James...

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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:
Boswell and Johnson

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Greater London Council

Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could...

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