Biographer, editor and critic. Wife of the painter Michael Noakes. She wrote a notable biography of Edward Lear and was a leading scholar of the war poet Isaac Rosenberg.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Vivien Noakes
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Michael and Vivien Noakes
Plaque unveiled by Sir David Attenborough and, unusually by one of those comm...
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Foyles Literary Lunches
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Vita Sackville-West
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J R Ackerley
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W. E. H. Lecky
Historian. Born William Edward Hartpole Lecky in Newtonpark, County Dublin, Ireland. Initially he studied to be a priest in the Protestant Church of Ireland, but turned to historiography. His chief...
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Horatio ('Horace') Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford
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On this site stood the Paragon Works of the Brilliant Sign Company. Formed in 1888, the company patented the 'brilliant letter' shop sign...
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St Katherine Coleman
The standard spelling of this Katherine seems to be with a 'K' not a 'C', and an 'e' in the middle, not an 'a'. Existed from at least 1346, rebuilt probably in the 15th century, survived the Great ...
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