Writer of hymns and religious studies. Born Jemima Thompson in Islington. She planned to do missionary work in India, but illness prevented her from doing so. She married the Reverend Samuel Luke, who became pastor at the Orange Street Chapel in London. Writer of several hymns including 'I Think When I Read That Sweet Story of Old'.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Mrs Jemima Luke
{On the plaque to the right of the door:} Orange Street Congregational Churc...
Novelist and poet. Born as Marguerite Radclyffe Hall in Bournemouth into a wealthy family. From 1917 until her death Hall lived with Una Troubridge but had a number of affairs with other women. T...
A series of books created by the illusrator Cicely Mary Barker. The first one was published in 1923
Writer. Born Edinburgh. Extremely popular in his lifetime, worldwide. Novels include: Waverley and Ivanhoe. Poems: Lady of the Lake. Died Abbotsford, south of Edinburgh, his home since 1812. ...
Playwright, novelist and short story writer. Born of British parents in Paris, in the maternity ward set up within the British embassy. This arrangement enabled babies to be born without becoming F...
Pen-name of a novelist about whom little is known for certain other than the fact that he spent time in Mexico where he died. Author of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre', 1927, made into the 1948 ...
Person, Literature, Politics & Administration, Germany, Mexico
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A year-long series of events organised by the Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Foundation, to mark the anniversary of the composer's death.
The generous incumbent of Holy Trinity, Hoxton in 1864. Theologian and antiquary; M.A. Trinity College, Cambridge, 1817; attached to military cheat in Peninsula, 1813; ordained, 1822: incumbent of ...
Founded by Sir Thomas Vansittart Bowater. Initially intended to protect the ward's interests and enable members to meet councillors in the City of London. Now more just a social club.
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