Author and filmmaker. Born in the former Czechoslovakia. Co-author of 'Prague in the Shadow of the Swastika', 'Prague; The Turbulent Century' and 'Prague 1900 - 2000'. He made the television series 'In Search of Holy England' and BBC Timewatch's 'The Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich'.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Jan Kaplan
Unveiled on Czech National Day.
"The poetical antiquary", bibliographer and engraver. He published his own verse but mainly he edited historical and literary works. Father of John James Park.
Sculptor, painter and author. Born Ireland. The picture source website has a second picture of Fitzgerald, sadly no more flattering than this one.
Author and artist. Born Mary Caldwell. She studied art and became a children's book illustrator. Her husband Herbert Tourtel, was news editor of the Daily Express. In 1920 the newspaper was looking...
Written by Kenneth Grahame, much of it based on a series of letters to he wrote to his son. First published October 1908.
Writer and journalist. James Hall started the campaign to commemorate the first recording studio after he chanced upon it while researching his novel, The Industry Of Human Happiness, set in the ea...
Air force officer. Born Douglas Robert Steuart Bader at St John's Wood. Commissioned in the Royal Air Force as a pilot officer in 1930. In 1931, following a crash, he had both legs amputated. He wa...
These two plaques are next door to each other and were unveiled on the same day. We attended the event, and since this street is becoming...
In our picture the plaque is above the poster which the man is walking past.
The original Adelphi was a large development, even in modern terms. Most of the streets were named after the Adam brothers as was the who...
This carving depicts the two Brontë sisters meeting Thackeray, but rather fails to successfully render his specs. Charlotte did indeed ...
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