Inscription
LCC
Thomas Carlyle, 1795 - 1881, lived here.
Site: Thomas Carlyle - WC1 (1 memorial)
WC1, Ampton Street, 33
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Thomas Carlyle - WC1
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Thomas Carlyle (author)
Historian, essayist and co-founder of the National Portrait Gallery. Born in ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Thomas Carlyle - WC1
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London County Council
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