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
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Rupert Brooke
WW1 poet. Born Rugby. Joined the navy and sailed to the Med. but died on his way to Gallipoli from an infected mosquito bite, on a French hospital ship moored in the Aegean Sea. Buried in an oli...
2 memorials
Lord Byron
Born Holles Street, baptised at St Marylebone church in the same year. Spent the first 10 years of his life in Aberdeen with his mother. On the death of a great-uncle in 1798 he succeeded to the ti...
11 memorials
Second Lieutenant Philip Edward Thomas
Novelist and poet. Born Philip Edward Thomas in Lambeth. He worked as a journalist and book-reviewer, and wrote a novel 'The Happy-Go-Lucky Morgans'. He is referred to as a war poet, although littl...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Andrew Lang
Anthropologist and poet. Born at Viewfield, in Selkirk. Chiefly known for his publications on folklore, mythology, and religion. He was one of the founders of 'psychical research' and his writings ...
1 memorial
Hilda Doolittle
Poet and writer. Born Pennsylvania, moved to London in 1911 as an Imagist poet. Her work was often infused with Greek mythology and she had a particular interest in the poetry of Sappho. Spent mu...
1 memorial
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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
Brian Yale
Sculptor. We can't find evidence that this Brian Yale is the sculptor who died on 12 October 2009.
1 memorial
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