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
The two figures are inspired by the figures shown on the wall relief. These depict the two charity scholar figures that were on the facad...
Sir George lived here 1856 - 1864.
In 2013 this plaque was replaced with the one for Eric and Ernie.
In our photo the plaque can be seen to the left of the 30 speed limit sign.
Designed by Ernest Schaufelberg, this was the first London theatre to be built after the end of WW1, and one of the first buildings in London to to use ferro-concrete construction. Built on the sit...
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Cavell was executed by the Germans in Brussels and she figures on our sister site, BrusselsRemembers.
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