The (Literary) Club was founded in the Turk's Head Tavern, Gerrard Street, by Dr Samuel Johnson & Joshua Reynolds 1764. The members included: Goldsmith, Boswell, Burke, Reynolds, Garrick.
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The (Literary) Club
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Johnson & Reynolds - The Club
Westminster City Council Here in the former Turk's Head Tavern Dr Samuel Joh...
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John le Carré
Pen name of espionage novel writer, David John Moore Cornwell. Born in Poole, Dorset. He took up writing when he was working for MI5 and MI6 in the 1950s and 60s. Best known for the novels 'The Spy...
1 memorial
P. L. Travers
Author. Born Helen Lyndon Goff in Maryborough, Queensland. She emigrated to England at the age of 25 and adopted the name Pamela Lyndon Travers whilst writing the Mary Poppins novels for which she ...
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James Joyce
Writer. Born James Augustine Aloysius Joyce in Dublin. Considered to be one of the most influential authors of the 20th century, his works include 'Dubliners', 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ...
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Aubrey Beardsley
Illustrator. Born Aubrey Vincent Beardsley at 12 Buckingham Road, Brighton. Diagnosed with tuberculosis at the age of seven and described by his mother as 'like a delicate little piece of Dresden c...
1 memorial
James Boswell
Born Edinburgh, died London. Known for his two-volume biography 'The Life Of Samuel Johnson' (1791).
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Peter Frank Stott
Civil engineer. Eight years working in Australia. Director of Highways and Transportation at the GLC 1964-67. President of the Institute of Civil Engineers in 1990. Died Devon.
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2 memorials
Edwin George Moore
Deputy Chairman of the Parliamentary and General Purpose Committee, St Pancras Vestry in the late 1800s.
1 memorial
Cecil Beaton - NW3
NW3, Langland Gardens, 21
Sir Cecil Beaton, 1904 - 1980, photographer and designer, was born and lived here until 1911. Heath and Old Hampstead Society
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Church House - WC2
WC2, Burleigh Street, 14
2018: The Telegraph included this little gem in their Unsung buildings that bring Victorian London to life. They write: "It was built by ...
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M Digby Wyatt
Secretary to the Executive Committee for the Great Exhibition 1851.Architect and writer on art. Born near Devizes, Wiltshire. Died Dimlands Castle, Glamorgan.
1 memorial