Poet and satirist. Remembered now chiefly for a long satirical poem 'Hudibras'. Born Worcestershire. Died London.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
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...
Other Subjects
1 memorial
Charles Williams
Writer on literature and theology, novelist and poet. Born Charles Walter Stansby Williams, 3 Spencer Road. He worked for the Oxford University Press (OUP) in various capacities for most of his lif...
1 memorial
Andreas Kalvos
Poet. Born on the island of Zakynthos (then part of the Venetian Republic). In 1802 his father took him and his brother to a Greek community in Livorno, Italy and he never saw his mother again. 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
Milos Crnjanski
Poet, and diplomat. Born in Csongrád, Hungary. His family moved to Romania in 1896, where the Serbian heritage was instilled in him. In 1912 he went to study in Rijeka (in modern day Croatia) and V...
Person, Poetry, Politics & Administration, Austria, Balkans, Hungary, Romania, Serbia
1 memorial
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War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Helene "Lenchen" Demuth (or Helena)
Housekeeper for Jenny and Karl Marx. Born Germany. Her date of birth is also sometimes given as 31 December. She was much more than a housekeeper. As a girl she was adopted into Jenny's family ...
1 memorial
Great Synagogue - Old Jewry
EC2, Old Jewry
The Great Synagogue stood near this site until 1272. Corporation of London
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Middlesex Guildhall war memorial
SW1, Little George Street, Supreme Court
This is a classy plaque, very of its time. From Fanny Cornforth we learn that the text "death has...." is written by Henry Wilson and is...
War dead | WW1
13 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
13 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Bakers Chop House
A tavern/restaurant at 1 Change Alley. 2019: We were kindly contacted by Raymond Cross who told us that his great great uncle, William Mann Cross ( ? - 1919) was the owner and proprietor of this r...
1 memorial
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