(James) Hamish Scott Henderson was a Scottish poet, songwriter, communist, intellectual and soldier. He was a catalyst for the folk revival in Scotland. He was also an accomplished folk song collector.
Born on Armistice day in Scotland, moved to England with his mother. 1959 settled in Edinburgh where he died.
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Hamish Henderson
This depicts an anonymous 12-year-old youth standing on a giant, fallen ash t...
Poet Laureate 1972 - 1984. Conservation campaigner. Credited with saving the Midland Grand Hotel (now St Pancras Chambers) and the station at St Pancras from demolition and helping to achieve their...
Poet and cricket lover, author of 'The Hound of Heaven'. Born Preston, Lancashire into the middle classes. Went through a period as a down-and-out and opium addict before being discovered as a poet...
Italian poet, writer, and philosopher. Unusually for the time he wrote in Italian rather than Latin. His Divine Comedy is widely considered one of the most important poems of the Middle Ages and th...
WW1 poet. Born Rugby. Joined the navy and sailed to the Med. but died on his way to Gallipoli from an infected mosquito bite, on a French hospital ship moored in the Aegean Sea. Buried in an oli...
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...
Eighth US President. Born in Kinderhook, N.Y., USA. For a list of all the US presidents that appear on London Remembers see John F. Kennedy.
Bethnal Green was formed as a civil parish from the Bethnal Green hamlet in Stepney ancient parish. 1889 it became part of the County of London. 1900 it became a metropolitan borough. 1965 it was a...
Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.
Publisher and newspaper executive. Born Jocelyn Edward Greville Stevens in Marylebone. In 1957 he bought the high society publication 'The Queen' and revamped it as 'Queen'. In the 1960s he provide...
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