Born Edinburgh's New Town. Never a well man, he tried living in various places looking for a climate that would suit: Bournemouth, France, New York State. He died on a small Samoan island in the Pacific while opening a bottle of wine. The effort caused a blood vessel to burst. He and Henry James admired each others work and exchanged support and criticisms.
Some of his work: Treasure Island, Kidnapped, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, A Child's Garden of Verses.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850 - 1894, author, lived here. Erected by the Hamp...
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Dorothy L Sayers
Writer of detective stories, many featuring Lord Peter Wiimsey. See also her address in Mecklenburgh Square. Born Oxford. Died Witham, Essex.
1 memorial
Andrea Levy
Born at the Whittington Hospital to Jamaican parents and and grew up in Twyford House on the Blackstock council estate. Best known for her novels 'Small Island' and 'The Long Song'. She wrote from ...
1 memorial
Major Byron F. Caws
Believed to have assisted Fowler in his work on the Concise Oxford Dictionary. The Latin on the memorial, 'castigavit et emendavit', translates as “he corrected and improved“, which is quite an ac...
1 memorial
Michael Ayrton
Artist and writer. Born 3 Hamilton Terrace. Other work by Ayrton in London: Minotaur at London Wall. Died at his London flat. Our picture is a self portrait from 1966.
1 memorial
The Beatrix Potter Society
Founded to promote the study and appreciation of the life and works of the author.
1 memorial
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Staff Corporal (SQMC) Roy John Bright
Andrew Behan has kindly carried out some research on this soldier: Squadron Quartermaster Corporal. Born Braintree, Essex, the son of Edward George Bright and Phyliss Ruby Bright, née Layzell. He m...
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
St Lawrence Jewry - board
EC2, Guildhall Yard, St Lawrence Jewry
St Lawrence Jewry St Lawrence Jewry is so called because the original twelfth century church stood on the eastern side of the City, then...
4 subjects commemorated,
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War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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