Dr Samuel Johnson, author, lived here. B. 1709. D. 1784.
{In the border, interleaved with the links of a chain, are the letters of:}
Erected by the Society of Arts
EC4, Gough Square, 17, Dr Johnson's House
The house is a museum, open to the public and contains many pictures of Johnson and his friends. The Barber plaque is on the railings below the Johnson one.
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Samuel Johnson's house
Essayist, biographer, lexicographer and speaker of quotes. Born Lichfield, St...
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Samuel Johnson's house
Founded by William Shipley as the "Society of Arts" in Rawthmell's Coffee Hou...
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Samuel Johnson's house
From the Friends' website: "The Gardens were once the burial ground for two nearby churches – ... St George’s Bloomsbury, and the church ...
Unveiled by John Gilhooly, Artistic and Executive Director of Wigmore Hall and Chairman of the Royal Philharmonic Society.
English Heritage James Robinson, 1813 - 1862, pioneer of anaesthesia and dentistry lived and worked here.
The plaque is on the north side of the western entrance to the tunnel. A greatly enlarged etching of the bridge in 1835 has been placed ...
The "A"s are certainly the anarchists' 'A' symbol but we don't understand what the hands signify. The gesture shows the thumb and first f...
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