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...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Sir William Empson
Aims to promote the on-going improvement of Marchmont Street and the surround...
Howard Staunton, 1810 - 1874, British World Chess Champion, lived here, 1871 - 1874. English Heritage
Gladstone served as Member of Parliament for Greenwich from 1868 to 1878.
Photographed and numbered from north to south. A nearby information board: On your right is the old Roman road to the south coast (now t...
L.C.C. Sir John Lubbock, Baron Avebury, (1834 - 1913), born here.
Coppice Row turnpike stood near here, c 1750 - 1830. London Borough of Islington - Historic Site
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