Poet. Born Kent. A member of The Rhymers' Club. At the end of his life he was impoverished and was looked after by Robert Sherard at his house at 26 Sandhurst Gardens, Catford, where he died.
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Ernest Dowson
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Ernest Dowson
Ernest Christopher Dowson, poet, 1867 - 1900. lived in a house which stood on...
Wine Office Court
The Rhymers' Club is not specifically mentioned on the plaque but Ye Olde Che...
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Joanna Baillie
Poet and dramatist, born Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Moved into Bolton House with her mother and sister in 1791 and lived there until her death. Buried at nearby St John's church, Church Row.
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Edwin Arnold
Journalist and poet, Born at Gravesend. In 1852 he obtained the Newdigate prize for his first poem, 'The Feast of Belshazzar' ('High on a throne of ivory and gold, From crown to footstool clad in p...
1 memorial
Edmund Clerihew Bentley
Humourist and writer. Born in Shepherd's Bush, he invented the verse form which took his middle name (his mother's maiden name), and is a four-line nonsense poem about a famous person; an example b...
1 memorial
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Lambeth war memorial - WW1
SW2, Brixton Hill, 1, Lambeth Town Hall
"Lest we forget" is a quote from Kipling, often used on war memorials for WW1 and after. The coat of arms used on this memorial comprise...
War dead | WW1
24 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
24 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
David Davies
One of the 11 "children of England" present on 7th July 1933 when The Princess Royal laid a foundation stone for a nurses home for the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital.
1 memorial
Chancery
WC2, Stone Buildings, 10
When, on the opening of the Law Courts in 1882, no 10 became vacant the Inns of Court Rifle Corps moved in. Lincoln's Inn provides a good...
1 subject commemorated
First purpose built nurses' home in London
The Henriette Raphael Building at Guy's Hospital.
1 memorial
Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association
Started by Samuel Gurney MP and the barrister, Edward Thomas Wakefield. Founded as the Metropolitan Free Drinking Fountain Association it changed its name to include cattle troughs in 1867. London...
38 memorials
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