Erection date: 1/6/2011
Sir William Empson, 1906 – 1984, poet and critic, lived here 1929 - 1931, and at 71 Marchmont Street, 1934 -1936.
Marchmont Association
Unveiled by Sir Williams’ son, Jake Empson. At no 71 Empson lived in the the first floor flat.
WC1, Marchmont Street, 65
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Sir William Empson
Poet and critic. Born near Goole, Yorkshire. Considered a great English criti...
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Sir William Empson
Aims to promote the on-going improvement of Marchmont Street and the surround...
This plaque contradicts English Heritage's rules about erecting only one plaque per person, as there is already one for him in E1.
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