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Confessions of an English Opium Eater

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Confessions of an English Opium Eater

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Thomas de Quincey

Note: "Quincey" seems to be the accepted spelling rather than the "Quincy" o...

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Samuel Beckett

Samuel Beckett

Dramatist and author. Born Dublin as Samuel Barclay Beckett. Lived in Paris most of his life. His plays include: Waiting for Godot (1953) and Krapp's Last Tape (1958). Awarded the Nobel Prize in Li...

Person, Literature, Seriously Famous, Theatre, France

1 memorial
Moby Dick

Moby Dick

Written by Herman Melville. First published, in London, in 1851.

Animal, Literature, Seriously Famous

1 memorial
Marshal Ferdinand Foch

Marshal Ferdinand Foch

Soldier and writer. Born in Tarbes, Hautes-Pyrénées, France. He enlisted in the French army in 1870 during the Franco-Prussian war. During the First World War he distinguished himself at the battle...

Person, Armed Forces, Literature, France

1 memorial
Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath

Poet, novelist and short story writer. Born Massachusetts. Came to England and met Ted Hughes at a celebration for a poetry magazine in Cambridge. Married him on 16 June 1956 at St George the Marty...

Person, Literature, Poetry, Seriously Famous, USA

1 memorial
Sir Henry Rider Haggard

Sir Henry Rider Haggard

Novelist. Born at Wood Farm, West Bradenham, Norfolk. At the age of nineteen he was sent to Natal to serve the Lieutenant-Governor, as his father said he was only fit to be a greengrocer. He achiev...

Person, Law, Literature, South Africa

1 memorial

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Heritage Foundation

Heritage Foundation

We believe this group now encompasses Comic Heritage, Musical Heritage, Sports Heritage and Films and Television Heritage. Its aim is to pay tribute to Britain's entertainers and raise funds for go...

Group, Cinema, History, Humour, Music / songs, Sport / Games, Theatre, TV & Radio

63 memorials
William Lee and F. J. Smith

William Lee and F. J. Smith

Architects active in 1882.

Group, Architecture

2 memorials
Melanie Klein

Melanie Klein

Psychoanalyst and pioneer of child analysis.  Born with the surname Reizes in Vienna.  Her 1903 marriage to Arthur Klein led to the end of her education, 3 children, frequent home moves and divorce...

Person, Medicine, Austria

1 memorial
Susanna Noel

Susanna Noel

Mother of 3rd Earl of Gainsborough.

Person, Benefactor

1 memorial