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...
Student of Trinity College of Music, killed in WW1.
Conductor and composer. Born Stuttgart. Settled in London in 1834. His works include the opera The Lily of Killarney. Died at home, 2 Manchester Square.
This 1893 map (extract here) shows the Station Hotel (P.H.) opposite the station but with no building behind. By 1933 this map show the PH building extending all the way back to Parkshot. The Crawd...
Lewis Allan Reed was an American musician and songwriter. He was the guitarist, singer, and principal songwriter for the rock band The Velvet Underground and had a solo career that spanned five dec...
Classical horn-player. Born London into a family of horn-players. Killed aged 36 when the sports car he was driving crashed in Hatfield, on the way back to London from an engagement in Edinburgh.
A network of almost secret passageways and a courtyard link Suffolk Street to Whitcomb Street. The passageway containing the two plaque...
Thomas Longman (1699-1755) through an inheritance acquired a publishing house, The Ship, in Paternoster Row (the street of book publishers) and shortly after, The Black Swan, next door. Daniel Defo...
Claudius George Algar was the elder child of Walter Algar (b.1830) and Mary Algar née Randleson (b.1828). He was born in Heybridge, Essex and his birth was registered in the 2nd quarter of 1860 in ...
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