Erection date: 1934
Edgar Wallace, reporter. Born London 1875. Died Hollywood 1932. Founder member of the Company of Newspaper Makers.
He knew wealth & poverty, yet had walked with kings & kept his bearing. Of his talents he gave lavishly to authorship - but to Fleet Street he gave his heart.
Aged 11 Wallace was selling newspapers on this corner.
EC4, Ludgate Circus
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Edgar Wallace - EC4
Prolific writer: crime, novels, journalism, plays films. Born 7 Ashburnham Gr...
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Edgar Wallace - EC4
Plaque unveiled by Sir Steve Bullock, Mayor of Lewisham.
This building has been occupied by the East India Club since 1850, and 2018, still is. From British History Online: 1804 the Boehms boug...
This plaque appears to be that oddest of things, a plaque commemorating a lost plaque but it's not lost, it's in the Museum of London.
English Heritage Charles Eamer Kempe, 1837 - 1907, stained glass artist lived and worked here.
On a genealogical website we found "Margaret Wrightson born 1877, died 1976. Unmarried Sculptor & Artist". Her work seems very desirable to thieves. Another child statue, titled "Mary Mary qui...
Commoner on the City Lands & Bridge House Estates Committee, 1994.
Sir George Grove, 1820 - 1900, promoter of musical knowledge, lived here. English Heritage
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