Composer
With W. S. Gilbert wrote the Savoy Operas, including The Mikado and The Pirates of Penzance.
Sullivan also wrote Onward Christian Soldiers and The Lost Chord, which was the first phonograph record made in the UK.
Born 8 Bolwell Terrace (no longer standing), Lambeth. Died at home, 1 Queen's Mansions, Victoria Street.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Sir Arthur Sullivan
Leaning against the pedestal there is a crying woman. The guitar, score and m...
Teacher and pianist. Born Clapham. 1903 he published "The Act of Touch" a book on piano playing technique and learning. This and other books and his Tobias Matthay Pianoforte School in Oxford St...
Fadil fell into the River Lea on a freezing January evening. From Hackney Gazette: "Police were called shortly after 7pm after the man reportedly fell from a boat near to Lea Bridge and The Prince...
In 1898 The Gramophone Company moved into the building with the plaque and started to record popular songs often performed by music hall stars in the West End. The studio, which used primitive tech...
A slave-trader turned preacher and abolitionist. Born Wapping. Began his ecclesiastical career at Olney in Buckinghamshire where he wrote the words to 'Amazing Grace' and published the hymn in a ...
Worked for the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society. Was on the building committee for the Bostall Estate in 1900.
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