Composer of the Classical period - prominent and prolific. Born Austria as Franz Joseph Haydn. Aged 6 he was sent away to train as a musician. Worked primarily for the wealthy Esterházy family.
By the time he made his first visit Haydn had been popular in London for almost 10 years and had been called the “Shakespeare of music”. Both his visits to London in 1791-2 and 1794–5 were very successful and he enjoyed his time here. Died at home in Vienna.
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Joseph Haydn
Joseph Haydn, 1732 - 1809, composer, lived in a house on this site, 1791. The...
We are confused. Every other entry on the Hackney plaque is the name of an individual who has died. For 'Jah Spirit' all we can find is a group with 5 members, formed in 1984 and, 2023, still perfo...
Known professionally as Mickey Finn he was a percussionist who joined Marc Bolan in late 1969 on bongos/percussion, replacing Steve Took, & was with T-Rex until 1975. It is said he was chosen ...
Conductor and composer. The first British-born career conductor. Born in London. He founded the promenade concerts in 1895 at the Queen's Hall. When this was destroyed in the Blitz the concerts ...
Operatic soprano. Born Helen "Nellie" Porter Mitchell in Melbourne, Australia. 1882 briefly married Charles Armstrong and had one son, but soon separated. She took up a singing career and came to E...
Businessman and philanthropist. Leonard Gordon Wolfson was the son of the first baronet, Sir Isaac Wolfson, a businessman who made a fortune with Great Universal Stores and created the philanthropi...
Judge. First Baron Jeffreys, known as the 'Hanging Judge'. Born at Acton Park, near Wrexham in Denbighshire. He became Lord Chief Justice in 1683 and Lord Chancellor in 1685. Most famously, he pres...
Novel by Charles Dickens. Originally published in serial form 1843–4. The picture is an ilustration by Fred Barnard from the 1870s.
JP and Mayor of West Ham 1951-52. Also a Reverend.
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