Writer. Born Elizabeth Dorothea Cole at 15 Herbert Place, Dublin. Educated in England, she published her first collection of stories, 'Encounters' in 1923. Her best known novels include 'The Death of the Heart' and 'The Heat of the Day'. Died at University College Hospital.
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Elizabeth Bowen
Elizabeth Bowen, 1899 - 1973, writer lived here, 1935 - 1952. English Heritage
Academic, aesthete, art critic, writer. Born at 1 Honduras Terrace, Commercial Road (this terrace still exists, as 368 - 376 Commercial Road, immediately to the west of Steel's Lane). Brought up in...
Author of the Pronouncing Dictionary. Â Actor then teacher. Published "Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, Rules Addressed to Citizens of Scotland, Ireland and London" in 1791. Friends with Dr. Johnson...
Writer and good friend to Samuel Johnson. Born near Bwlheli, Caernarvonshire, as Hester Salusbury. In 1763 was married for money to Henry Thrale, a wealthy London brewer. An unhappy marriage, with ...
Politician, poet, founding trustee of the National Portrait Gallery. One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition, 1951. Born 21 Arlington Street, Piccadilly. Died Bridgewater House, London. ...
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