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.
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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...
William Henry Hudson, 1841 - 1922, naturalist and ornithologist, early and in...
Children's storybook character. The creation of A.A. Milne, inspired by the teddy bear, made in Acton, belonging to his son Christopher Robin. The toy was named 'Winnie' after a Canadian black bear...
Biographer. Date of birth approximate. He married Sir Thomas More’s daughter Margaret in 1521 and wrote More’s biography. He was a member of several parliaments between 1529 and 1558.
Writer. Born at 66 Braxfield Road, Brockley. His best known work, 'Tarka the Otter' was published in 1927. He attended the Nuremberg rally in Berlin and saw Adolf Hitler as a source of good for his...
Biographer, editor and critic. Wife of the painter Michael Noakes. She wrote a notable biography of Edward Lear and was a leading scholar of the war poet Isaac Rosenberg.
Short-story writer, socialite, model (for painters) and a member of the Bloomsbury Group. Born as Mary Barnes in British India. Brought up in Italy and moved to London in 1909. Married barrister S...
{On plaque attached to side:} This post box has been painted gold by Royal Mail to celebrate Pete Reed, Gold Medal winner, London 2012 Ol...
The idea of this plaque may have originated in the 2015 journal article "Dorothy Richardson, Quakerism and 'Undoing': Reflections on the ...
Actress and singer. Born Mary Susan Etherington in London. She studied music in Paris and at the Royal Academy of Music, making her stage debut in 1885 in the operetta Boccaccio at the Comedy Theat...
Remaking English reports on the plaque unveiling and informs that this 1905 school building is the only surviving block from the original...
Ornamental Passions reports on another of his works nearby at Pemberton House, Pemberton Row EC4. And more, here.
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