Playwright. Born London, probably in in a house on the corner of Ironmonger Lane and Cateaton Street (now Gresham Street). Baptized on 18 April 1580 in St Lawrence Jewry. He collaborated with a number of other dramatists including Shakespeare. With William Rowley co-wrote The Changeling which is his most well-known play and still performed. From at least 1608 he lived with his wife and family in Newington Butts where he died.
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Thomas Middleton
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St Marys Newington - Middleton
Thomas Middleton was an Elizabethean {sic} playwright and poet who collaborat...
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Walter Scott
Writer. Born Edinburgh. Extremely popular in his lifetime, worldwide. Novels include: Waverley and Ivanhoe. Poems: Lady of the Lake. Died Abbotsford, south of Edinburgh, his home since 1812. ...
3 memorials
John Maxwell Edmonds
Poet and classical scholar. Born Gloucestershire. Died Cambridge. In 1918-9 he published a few epitaphs for use on graves and memorials, including: When you go home, tell them of us and say, Fo...
9 memorials
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
Closely related to the royal family but Henry VIII took against Henry and his father, Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk. They were imprisoned and Henry was beheaded at Tower Hill. His father sur...
1 memorial
Dylan Thomas
Poet. Born at 5 Cwmdonkin Drive, Swansea, which is now a themed holiday rental. Died at St Vincents Hospital, in New York City during a lecture tour of the United States. He is buried at Laugharne,...
6 memorials
Rabindranath Tagore
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3 memorials
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William Blake - SE1
SE1, Hercules Road
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2 subjects commemorated,
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Sir Hugh Bidwell, Lord Mayor
GBE, DLit.Lord Mayor in 1989.
2 memorials
Sir Frederick Hopkins
EN2, The Ridgeway, 50a
Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins 1861 - 1947 biochemist Nobel Prize winner 1929, lived in this house 1878 - 1898. London Borough of Enfield
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Gold post box - Westminster
SW1, Tothill Street
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1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
B. Eames, (No.2)
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
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