Erection date: /1/2018
William Somerset Maugham 1874 - 1965
Novelist and playwright lived here 1919 - 1923
"To acquire a habit for reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life."
City of Westminster
W1, Wyndham Place, 2
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
W. S. Maugham - Wyndham Place
Playwright, novelist and short story writer. Born of British parents in Paris...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
W. S. Maugham - Wyndham Place
The ancient parish of St Margaret's was divided into St Margaret's and St Joh...
The portcullis plaque to the left is a fire insurance mark of the Westminster insurance company like this one at the Museum of London.
The Freemasons commissioned this memorial to mark the 300th anniversary of The United Grand Lodge of England in 2017 and the centenary of...
Thanks to Gordon for telling us about this plaque and thanks to Alan Patient for the photos.
The photograph of the plaque is taken from Derek Sumeray's book 'Discovering London Plaques'. We are so grateful that Sumeray captured th...
John Richard Archer 1863 - 1932, Mayor of Battersea, 1913 - 1914 (first black London mayor) had a photography shop and lived here, 1918 -...
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