German poet and essayist.
Born Dusseldorf. Died Paris.
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Heinrich Heine
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Heinrich Heine
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Edward Lear
Born Bowman's Lodge, (now Bowman's Mews), the penultimate of 21 children. Artist and writer of nonsense works, such as The Owl and the Pussycat, and limericks, e.g. There was an old person of Putn...
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Booker Prize
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Chris Mullin
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Oscar Wilde
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Person, Gender Issues, Literature, Poetry, Seriously Famous, Theatre, France, Ireland
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Radclyffe Hall
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1 memorial
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John Heminge
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Harry Worth
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Lee J. Hatley
Stabbed to death at a flat in Canonbury. Lived in Morland Mews for 25 years. Good friends with another local young knife victim, J. J. McPhillips. Both attended nearby Highbury Grove school and sp...
1 memorial
Hay's Wharf
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7 memorials
William de Morgan
Potter, tile designer and novelist. Born 69 Gower Street as William Frend de Morgan, to the mathematician Augustus de Morgan. Lifelong friend of William Morris, he designed tiles, stained glass an...
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