Plaque

Swinburne & Watts-Dunton

Erection date: 1926

Inscription

L.C.C.
Algernon Charles Swinburne, (1837-1909), -poet-, and his friend, Theodore Watts-Dunton, (1832-1914), poet-novelist-critic, lived and died here.

Site: Swinburne & Watts-Dunton (1 memorial)

SW15, Putney Hill, 11

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Swinburne & Watts-Dunton

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Algernon Charles Swinburne

Born 7 Chester Street, Chelsea. Poet associated with the Pre-Raphaelites. He ...

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Theodore Watts-Dunton

Writer and poet. Born at St Ives in the former county of Huntingdonshire as W...

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Swinburne & Watts-Dunton

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London County Council

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