Novelist and poet. Born Yorkshire, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters. Novels include: Jane Eyre, Shirley. To avoid gender prejudice she and her sisters, Emily and Anne published first under pseudonyms, Charlotte's being Currer Bell. July 1848 Charlotte and Anne came to London to meet their publisher, George Smith, to disprove the rumour that they were all the same author.
Londonist's post 'Charlotte Brontë's London, And Why She Wasn't A Fan' tells of Charlotte's five visits to London.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Charlotte Brontë
This carving depicts the two Brontë sisters meeting Thackeray, but rather fai...
Author. Born Ronald Frederick Delderfield at 37 Waller Road, New Cross. His family moved to Addiscombe near Croydon, which provided the backdrop to his first major novels 'The Dreaming Suburb' and ...
Biographer. Date of birth approximate. He married Sir Thomas More’s daughter Margaret in 1521 and wrote More’s biography. He was a member of several parliaments between 1529 and 1558.
Letter written by Oscar Wilde to Lord Alfred Douglas whilst he was imprisoned in Reading Gaol. The title means 'from the depths' and recounts the relationship that the pair shared. It criticises D...
Poet and novelist. Born Ireland but brought up in London. His mystery novels were written under his pseudonym, Nicholas Blake. During the 1940s, while still married to his first wife, he had a long...
Catholic lay priest and martyr. Father of Thomas Felton. A wealthy man, he lived at Bermondsey Abbey (the mansion built on the site) and supposedly fixed a copy of the papal bull excommunicating Qu...
From the research published by the Seven Dials Trust: "Zaehnsdorfs was founded in London in 1841 by Joseh Zaehnsdorf. In 1862 he received an honourable mention at the London International Exhibitio...
Mike Ashworth of TfL kindly notified us that this Blitz plaque had been unveiled. It's one of a set of 5, all listed at Balham Station. ...
Our colleague, Andrew Behan, has researched this young man: Glenton Anthony Powell was born on 19 January 1965 and died, aged 16 years, on 25 January 1981 as a result of injuries sustained in a fir...
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