Westminster City Council
Voltaire, 1694 - 1778, French philosopher, playwright and satirist, lodged in a house on this site, 1727 - 1728.
Voltaire Foundation
The plaque was stolen some years ago. In 1994 (300th birthday) the Voltaire Foundation got it put back.
WC2, Maiden Lane, 10
The building is inscribed with the name "Vaudeville Theatre". It is now, 2013, used by the Hungarian Cultural Centre.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Voltaire
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Voltaire
The Voltaire Foundation is a research department in the University of Oxford,...
The ancient parish of St Margaret's was divided into St Margaret's and St Joh...
There is a rather strange modern architectural sculpture in this courtyard (you can see the top of it to the left of our picture, behind ...
Greater London Council William Richard Lethaby, 1857 - 1931, architect, lived here, 1880 - 1891.
The Listing text says the statue and the relief are of copper, not the more usual bronze. The front of the plinth below the seated lady s...
Seems likely that the F. J. Smith is the same architect as the one who built Caxton Hall with William Lee. Andrew Behan has researched s...
