Erection date: /6/2005
Theodore Fontane, 1819 - 1898, German writer and novelist lived here, 1857 - 1858.
English Heritage
Unveiled by the German ambassador, Thomas Matussek.
NW1, St Augustines Road, 6
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Theodore Fontane
German writer and novelist, best known for novel 'Effi Briest' and recognised...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Theodore Fontane
English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that ma...
As you can tell from the photograph, this modern plaque is extremely difficult to read, especially the last line. It's possible that it w...
The 'done' on the plaque is, we're pretty certain, a guerrilla sticker, as unwanted as all the graffiti.
See Musee de la Resistance for more information on this plaque (in French).
July 2022: We thank Philip Broke for alerting us to the presence of the blue plaque, which has replaced the black one.
The two NPI plaques are in the doorway on the right, at no 48; the Curtis plaque is to the left at no 51. NPI have made rather excessive ...
Professor of engineering. FRS. Born Belfast. Aged 25 he was appointed professor of engineering (one of the first to be appointed to such a post in the UK) in Owens College, Manchester. He remai...
Plaque unveiled by his widow, Lady Antonia Fraser. It says he was born at this address, but in fact, his family didn't move here until so...
Burnt at the stake in Ware (his home town) for his Protestant beliefs. Was associated with Harwood. Condemned by Bishop Bonner.
Dr John Alcindor, 1873 - 1924, physician, Pan-Africanist and WW1 local hero, had his surgery here, 1913 - 1924. Nubian Jak Community Trus...
The building is dated 1893 and presumably was named after Blackfriars Priory even though that was on the other side of the river.
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