John Dryden, poet, lived here. B.1631. D.1700.
Site: John Dryden (1 memorial)
W1, Gerrard Street, 43
John Dryden, poet, lived here. B.1631. D.1700.
W1, Gerrard Street, 43
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
John Dryden
Poet and playwright. Born in Aldwincle, Northamptonshire. The first Poet Laur...
Celia Fiennes, 1662 - 1741, traveller and diarist, lived in a house near this site from 1738, and died here. London Borough of Hackney
The plaque is on the westbound platform.
Initially we were puzzled why the Corporation of the City of London would erect a plaque so far to the west of its patch, but our colleag...
The Hackney Gazette give the unveiling date as 25th but we believe Boris Johnson unveiled the free-standing plaque on the 23rd, and that ...
The history of this building, "the former Hotel Cecil" is covered by Victor Keegan.