Poet. Born Lombard Street. A childhood illness left him only 4 and a half feet tall, hunchbacked, crippled and with chronic pain. Best known for his satirical poems. Also a wit: "And all who told it added something new, and all who heard it, made enlargements too." "An honest man's the noblest work of God." Died at his home in Cross Deep, Twickenham (where Pope's Grotto can still be seen). Buried next to his parents in Twickenham church.
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Alexander Pope
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Alexander Pope
In a house in this Court Alexander Pope, poet, was born, 1688. The Corporatio...
Alexander Pope - W4
Alexander Pope, 1688 - 1744, poet, lived in this row, Mawson's Buildings, 171...
Mawson Arms and Fox and Hounds
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Wine Office Court
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Dr. Keningale Robert Cook, LL.D
Keningale Robert Cook was born on 26 September 1845 in Smallbridge, Rochdale, Lancashire (now Greater Manchester), a son of Robert Keningale Cook (1812-1891) and Ellen Cook née Nield (1823-1909). H...
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Paul Verlaine
French poet. Born Metz, France. Has been described as an ugly, homicidal alcoholic. He effectively eloped from his own marriage to live with Rimbaud. Following his imprisonment for attempted murder...
4 memorials
Ezra Pound
Poet. Born Idaho, USA. Had a close relationship with Hilda Doolittle whom he met at university. She followed him to London and with others they developed the Imagism poetry movement. Pound wa...
1 memorial
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Borough of St Marylebone
Created in 1900 from the parish of St Marylebone. In 1965 it joined Paddington, and Westminster to form the City of Westminster.
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William Harnett Blanch
Historian. Born into a family of gun and rifle manufacturers, he was a prolific writer of books, mainly about the local history of London. He also founded The London Thirteen Club as a means of de...
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Louisa Gore-Browne
Daughter of Mary Sumner. She is shown in this group photo of her grandfather's, Bishop Charles Sumner's large family, back row, second from left.
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Tower Hamlets Council
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William Sebright
Also named William Seabright. Town Clerk of London 1574 - 1603. From Sebright's Educational Foundation: "His first marriage was to the daughter of a Mr Goldsten of London. His second wife, Elizab...
2 memorials
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