Marie Carmichael Stopes, 1880 - 1958. Writer, dramatist and poet. Publicist of the campaign for sexual education. Advocate of family planning and founder of pioneer birth control clinic. Courageous crusader for the rights of women. Lived here during her first marriage to R.R. Gates.
Erected by the Hampstead Plaque Fund
NW3, Well Walk, 14
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Marie Stopes - NW3
Husband to Marie Stopes, botanist and geneticist. Born Nova Scotia, Canada. ...
Born in Edinburgh. Scientist, writer, dramatist and poet. Publicist of the ca...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Marie Stopes - NW3
The Hampstead Plaque fund was set up, many years ago, by Ralph Wade and has b...
This stadium was demolished in 2016 and we can't find out what happened to the plaques so we have marked them all as lost.
Richardson's novel The Trap describes her time at no.6. Holyoake lived at no.4, formerly 1 Woburn Buildings, 1850 - 61.
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."
English Heritage Sir Alexander Korda, film producer, worked here, 1932 - 1936.
