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Old Westminster Library - head 1 - Spenser

We first thought Francis Bacon but he normally has more hair, and, so far, all the heads are literary rather than scientific.

Site: Old Westminster Library - 6 heads (7 memorials)

SW1, Great Smith Street

The foundation stone is immediately to the right of the central entrance.

Above the entrance: "Westminster Public Library, The united parishes of St Margaret and St John the Evangelist, AD 1893". In 1985 this building was threatened with demolition and was only saved by a campaign which brought about the Thorney Island Society.

The Listing identifies the heads for us, and we've numbered them left to right.

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Old Westminster Library - head 1 - Spenser

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Edmund Spenser

Poet.  Probably born in East or West Smithfield. Best known for the epic poem...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Old Westminster Library - head 1 - Spenser

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Ainsworth & Sharp

Ainsworth & Sharp

SW14, Lower Richmond Road, Mortlake / Stag Brewery

We could find nothing about this incident, until we asked Richmond Council's Local Studies Library and Archive. They very quickly found t...

3 subjects commemorated, 2 creators
Sir Michael Costa

Sir Michael Costa

SW1, Eccleston Square, 59-60, Wilton Court

Sir Michael Costa, 1808 - 1884, conductor and orchestra reformer, lived here, 1857 - 1883. English Heritage 

1 subject commemorated
Anthony Trollope - pillar box - Rutland Gate

Anthony Trollope - pillar box - Rutland Gate

SW7, Rutland Gate

5 similar plaques have been erected.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
George Croydon Marks

George Croydon Marks

SE18, Artillery Square, Royal Arsenal, Greenwich Heritage Centre

The plaque is in the dimly lit museum of Greenwich Heritage Centre.

1 subject commemorated