Poet and satirist. Remembered now chiefly for a long satirical poem 'Hudibras'. Born Worcestershire. Died London.
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Samuel Butler (poet)
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Lamb & Flag - pub information board
This plaque implicates De Keroualle in the attack on Dryden whereas it's more...
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John Donne
Poet and clergyman. Born in Bread Street into a literate Catholic family (connected to Sir Thomas More) at a time when the Catholic religion was banned. Appointed private secretary to Sir Thomas E...
1 memorial
Nordahl Grieg
Norwegian poet, novelist, dramatist, journalist and political activist. Our Norwegian consultant, Johanne Elster Hanson, says that "Grieg adored England and spent many periods of his life here. He...
1 memorial
Alfred William Hunt
Born Bold Street, Liverpool. Son of the painter William Henry Hunt. Poet and landscape painter associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. He won the Newdigate Prize in 1851 for his poem ‘Nine...
2 memorials
Anna Akhmatova
Russian poet. Living at a time of war, revolution and the Soviet regime, she was often out of favour with the powerful. Her first husband was executed by the Soviet secret police. Her son and her c...
2 memorials
Eric Mackay
The Wikipedia entry for Mackay is worth a read - it's short and not kind; describing him as a "minor' poet, and using terms such as "sponging", "execrable", "laziness and lack of scruples" and repe...
1 memorial
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Burlington Arcade
W1, Burlington Arcade, 4
'Sesquicentenary' is such a great word - it's not even in the Microsoft dictionary. As you can work out it means the 150th anniversary.
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
Eagle Tavern - plaque
N1, Shepherdess Place, The Eagle pub
The Eagle Tavern, Grecian theatre, pleasure grounds, Grecian saloon & Olympic theatre, stood here, 1825 - 1899. Here Marie Lloyd, mu...
2 subjects commemorated
Whitechapel and Bow Railway
A former underground railway in East London, It was a joint venture between the District Railway and the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway. It is now entirely integrated into the London Undergro...
1 memorial
Sir F. Paolo Tosti
W1, Mandeville Place, 12
City of Westminster Sir F. Paolo Tosti, K.C.V.O., musician, 1846 - 1916, lived in a house on this site, 1836 - 1916. Assoc. Abruzzo-Mol...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
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