Established by Herzen in London 1853. See our plaque page for its various addresses around Bloomsbury. See the picture source for much more information.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Free Russian Press
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Alexander Herzen
Alexander Herzen, 1812 - 1870, operated the Free Russian Press from this buil...
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Samuel Beeton
Publisher and journalist. Born 39 Milk Street, Cheapside. At the age of twenty-one, he set up a publishing partnership which immediately had the opportunity to publish 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' by the th...
Robert Maxwell
Publisher, politician and swindler. Born Ján Ludvík Hyman Binyamin Hoch, in Slatinské Doly (now Solotyino, Ukraine). He came to Britain after WW2 where he built up the Pergamon Press, acquired the ...
Person, Journalism / Publishing, Politics & Administration, Czechoslovakia
Candida Lycett-Green
Writer and journalist. John Betjeman's daughter.
Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence
Suffragette. Born Bristol. Married Frederick. A happy marriage they shared their surnames and worked together for the cause. Died Gomshall, Surrey. The picture shows, left to right: Constance Lytt...
William Rees-Mogg
Editor of The Times 1967-81. Also High Sheriff of Somerset in the late 1970s. Chairman of the Arts Council in the 1980s. Vice-Chairman of the BBC Board of Governors. In 1988 he became Baron Rees-Mo...
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Lord Guilford Dudley / Guildford Dudley
Son of John Dudley and husband of Lady Jane Grey - see there for more information.
Arthur Symons
Literary scholar and author. Born in Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales. A member of The Rhymers' Club. Died at home at Wittersham, Kent.
Newcastle House
WC2, Lincoln's Inn Fields, 66
We thank Rosemary Jeffreys, again, for the Latin translation. After the fire the building was restored by the Treasury under Sir Christo...
Canon Joseph Robinson
Joseph Robinson was born on 23 February 1927, the elder of the two children of Thomas Robinson and Mary Robinson née Wright. His birth was registered in the 1st quarter of 1927 in the Wigan Registr...
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