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 ornithological studies.Founding and influential member of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. As a novelist, his best known work is the 1904 'Green Mansions'. Died at his home, 40 St Luke's Road, where the two plaques are.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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William Henry Hudson
The sculpture represents Rima, the nature-spirit heroine of Hudson's book "Gr...
W H Hudson, writer & naturalist, 1841 - 1922. In commemoration of the 150...
The plaque was erected by Hudson's Friends Society of Quilmes in 1938 and ado...
Novel by H. G. Wells about the invasion of Earth by Mars. One of the first novels in the science-fiction genre. It has been filmed, produced as a musical album by Jeff Wayne, and famously caused ne...
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Writer. Born 11 Hillfield Road, West Hampstead. Wrote "Decline and Fall", "Brideshead Revisited". And we have to tell you the strange but true fact that Waugh's first wife's name was also Evelyn....
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This Ruislip website refers to a lost S&P war memorial and gives some historical information, stating "They were well-known wine merchants and railway caterers as well as owning their own resta...
The Facebook page Harringay4Shops has "We are the Harringay Traders Association. From Endymion to Ducketts Common, Green Lanes N4, N8, N15." But the last post was 2011.
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