Fiction    From 1889 

Three Men in a Boat

Categories: Literature

Comic novel written by Jerome K. Jerome, first published in 1889.

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Three Men in a Boat

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Jerome K. Jerome - SW1

The lettering on this plaque looks so odd, that we actually had to check that...

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John Forster

John Forster

Writer and literary adviser. Born Newcastle upon Tyne. Came to London in 1828 to attend University College and to enter Inner Temple.  A good friend of Charles Dickens he published his biography in...

Person, Literature

2 memorials
Barbara Barclay Carter

Barbara Barclay Carter

A Catholic convert who translated Italian writing and promoted the Italian democratic cause. Born California, but brought up in England and studied in France. From TerraNouvelle: "... she intervie...

Person, Friend / family, Literature, France, Italy, Switzerland, USA

1 memorial
Nordahl Grieg

Nordahl Grieg

Norwegian poet, novelist, dramatist, journalist and political activist. Our Norwegian consultant, Johanne Elster Hanson, says that "Grieg adored England and spent many periods of his life here. He...

Person, Literature, Nationalism, Poetry, Norway

1 memorial
Dr. Keningale Robert Cook, LL.D

Dr. Keningale Robert Cook, LL.D

Keningale Robert Cook was born on 26 September 1845 in Smallbridge, Rochdale, Lancashire (now Greater Manchester), a son of Robert Keningale Cook (1812-1891) and Ellen Cook née Nield (1823-1909). H...

Person, Benefactor, Literature, Poetry

1 memorial
Charles Kingsley

Charles Kingsley

Born Devon. Christian Socialist and amateur naturalist. Supported his friend, Charles Darwin, when the Origin of Species was published. Wrote 'The Water-Babies', 1863, initially for his 4-year old ...

Person, Literature, Religion

3 memorials

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Frederick John Shirley Chapman

Frederick John Shirley Chapman

Flight Lieutenant Frederick John Shirley Chapman was born on 11 February 1915 and his birth was registered in the 1st quarter of 1915 in the Penzance registration district, Cornwall. The 1934 UK M...

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW2
1 memorial
C. Davis
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Islington Tunnel

Islington Tunnel

960 yards (878 metres) long, designed by James Morgan, built over the three years 1815 to 1818.  Caroline's Miscellany has a good post.

Building, Engineering

3 memorials
Joan Bartlett and Violet Pengelly

Joan Bartlett and Violet Pengelly

E14, Westferry Road, 463, The Old Millwall Fire Station Restaurant

The East London Advertiser has a good post about this bomb and specifies the school on which it fell as being in Saunders Ness Road. Howe...

Civilian war dead | WW2
5 subjects commemorated
Messrs Clarkson

Messrs Clarkson

Architects, active c.1886-1928. Tower Hamlets Idea Catalogue provides the following:  "The brothers John {Flint Clarkson, we believe} (1838-1918) and Samuel Flint Clarkson (c 1839-1915) were born ...

Group, Architecture, Scotland

1 memorial