American writer. Born as Samuel Langhorne Clemens in Florida, a small village in Missouri; it was small then and is now non-existent. Wrote Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Also known for his quotes, for example: "I don't give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way." and "I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won't." He claimed that his pen name comes from the Mississippi boatman's cry meaning two fathoms, a safe depth for a boat. In London in 1900 he was in the inaugural train on the Central Line and opened the Kensal Rise library. Died Connecticut.
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Mark Twain
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Mark Twain - SW3
London County Council Samuel L. Clemens "Mark Twain", 1835 - 1910, American w...
Wine Office Court
The Rhymers' Club is not specifically mentioned on the plaque but Ye Olde Che...
Other Subjects
Wendy Richard, MBE
Actor best known as Pauline Fowler in the soap, East Enders, and as Miss Brahms in Are You Being Served?, alongside John Inman. She also had a number 1 hit in 1962 with Mike Sarne, Come Outside, on...
2 memorials
Ernie Wise OBE
Comedian, one half of Morecambe and Wise. Born Leeds. Died Nuffield Hospital, Gerrards Cross. The little one on the right in our picture.
3 memorials
Terry-Thomas
Comic actor, born as Thomas Terry Hoar-Stevens in Finchley, Middlesex. He performed with the Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA) during World War II and went on to work on radio and ...
1 memorial
Sir Osbert Lancaster
Cartoonist and writer. Son of Robert, grandson of Sir William, he was born at the Notting Hill house with the plaque. At Oxford University he became friends with Betjeman and after art school worke...
1 memorial
Roy Kinnear
Character actor. Born Lancashire. Played Mr. Salt in the 1971 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory'. Died following a fall from a horse while filming in Spain.
1 memorial
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Bycullah Athenaeum
EN2, Enfield Chase Station Forecourt
Lost Treasures. Bycullah Athenaeum, 1883 - 1931. Originally located at Windmill Hill Enfield, this was a popular venue where plays and c...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
St Mary Whitechapel parish boundary
E1, Commercial Street, 40, The Culpeper Public House
Plaque actually around the corner in Wentworth Street.
8 subjects commemorated
Holy Trinity Sloane Square - Willes
SW1, Sloane Street
Neither of these plaques can be seen in our photo. They are arranged symmetrically low down on either side of the entrance: Cadogan to th...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Isabella Beeton - Epsom
KT17, Upper High Street Epsom, 1
The plaque is next to the alarm on the left hand column below the word 'Dreams', above the child in the blue jacket.
2 subjects commemorated
V&A façade foundation stone, Edward
SW7, Cromwell Road
Excluding the allegories (such as Knowledge) there are 36 statues on the two public façades of the V&A Museum, on Exhibition Road and...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
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