Erection date: 1925
John Ruskin, (1819-1900), lived in a house on this site.
L.C.C. 1925.
The plaque is on a small plinth in the front garden. It replaces the one which was erected in 1909 on a house that was subsequently demolished.
SE24, Herne Hill, 26
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
John Ruskin
Author, poet, artist and art critic. Born at 54 Hunter Street, Brunswick Squa...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
John Ruskin
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Radclyffe Hall, 1880 - 1943, novelist and poet, lived here, 1924 - 1929. English Heritage
The plaque is on the pavement to the left of the war memorial. More information about the VC plaque project at Centenary News.
The Latin quote is from the Roman poet Horace's Odes and translates roughly as "It is sweet and right to die for your country."
Cavell was executed by the Germans in Brussels and she figures on our sister site, BrusselsRemembers.
These plaques are attached to the north-west tower and also the south-east tower, all duplicated except for "opened to the public" which ...
A London Inheritance has old photos and more information about this church.
London County Council George Grossmith, 1874 - 1935, actor-manager, lived here.
American army surgeon prominent in proving that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes. Born Belroi, Virginia. Died Washington.
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