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. The treatment of lesbianism in her 1928 novel 'The Well of Lonliness' caused a scandal and the book was banned.
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Radclyffe Hall
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Radclyffe Hall
Radclyffe Hall, 1880 - 1943, novelist and poet, lived here, 1924 - 1929. Engl...
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Lord Alfred Douglas
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1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
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R. T. Eves
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1 memorial
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Fabian Society
NW1, Osnaburgh Street, White House Hotel
Greater London Council The site of 17 Osnaburgh Street where The Fabian Society was founded in 1884.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
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