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The Beatrix Potter Society
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Beatrix Potter
Beatrix Potter, writer and artist, 1866 to 1943, lived in a house on this sit...
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Kenneth Grahame
Author. Born Edinbugh. Aged 5 lost his mother and was brought up in England by his grandparents. Very successful at school in Oxford, he was denied university for financial reasons, which explains ...
2 memorials
Bram Stoker
Novelist and theatre manager. Born Dublin. Came to London in 1878 with his new wife Florence Balcombe, previously Oscar Wilde's squeeze. Wrote Dracula whilst he was Irving’s acting manager at the ...
3 memorials
Foyles Literary Lunches
Created by Christina Foyle (daughter of William), the first guest of honour was Lord Justice Darling who spoke to 200 at the Holborn Restaurant. The Lunches were very successful and moved to the n...
1 memorial
William Henry Hudson
Author, naturalist and ornithologist. Born on a small ranch, Los Viente-cinco Ombúes, near Quilmes in Buenos Aires province. Came to Britain in 1874 and produced a series of ornothological studies...
3 memorials
Simon Callow
Actor, director, writer. Born Streatham.
4 memorials