Playwright and poet. Born Yorkshire, died at the home of his friend, Edward Porter, in Surrey Street.
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William Congreve
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Wine Office Court
The Rhymers' Club is not specifically mentioned on the plaque but Ye Olde Che...
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John Keats
Born 24 Moorfields Pavement Row, Finsbury. This was the Swan and Hoop pub, where his father worked as a stableman and later managed the inn. Baptised at St Botolphs. 1815-16 trained at Guy’s Hospit...
8 memorials
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Charles Cowden Clarke
Author and Shakespearian scholar. Born in Enfield, at the school run by his father, Reverend John Clarke. John Keats was a pupil at the school for about 7 years (1803-10). Charles taught him and e...
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Maya Angelou
Author and poet. Born Marguerite Ann Johnson in St Louis, Missouri, USA. She died, aged 86 years, on 28 May 2014 at her home in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, USA. Her body was cr...
1 memorial
Arthur Waley
Poet, translator and orientalist. He never actually visited China nor Japan.
1 memorial
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Silvertown residents killed in explosion
58 local residents were killed and many more were injured in the Silvertown Explosion. We are not aware of any public memorial listing the names of the 58 residents who were killed. From Newham Re...
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