The bookseller and author who, in 1763, introduced Dr Samuel Johnson to James Boswell at his house in Russell Street. He took to bookselling after failing as an actor.
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Thomas Davies
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Boswell and Johnson
Greater London Council In this house, occupied by Thomas Davies, bookseller,...
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Henry Clarke
Businessman and politician. He was a coal importer and commission merchant in Gracechurch Street. When the first London County Council elections were held in 1889, he became one of four councillors...
2 memorials
Francis Chappell & Sons
Funeral directors in South London and Kent. Formerly a family firm, now owned by Dignity.
2 memorials
Chartered Insurance Institute
The first Insurance Institute was established in Manchester, with a particular focus on fire insurance, given the number of textile manufacturers in the city. A Royal Charter incorporating the Char...
1 memorial
Longman's Ship Binding Works
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...
1 memorial
1 memorial
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Tubby Clayton & Toc H
EC3, Trinity Square, 43 and 41
Tubby's plaque is on no. 43, the brick house to the left, with Wakefield's to the right, behind the lamppost. The splendid London Detail...
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Gresham Committee
Gresham College (founded in 1597 under the will of Sir Thomas Gresham) is financially managed by the City of London and Mercers Company. These two bodies interact with the College through the Join...
1 memorial
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
1 memorial
Colonial Office - S11 - Lewis
SW1, Whitehall, Foreign Office
Statues Hither and Thither has been invaluable in identifying some of the busts and most of the statues. The statues are not labelled and...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
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