Novelist. Born Calcutta, full name William Makepeace Thackeray. Best known for the novel: Vanity Fair. Died suddenly from a stroke having returned home to Onslow Square after dining out. He was found dead the next morning so the date of death is sometimes given as 24th. This was apparently unexpected despite him being overweight, a big eater and an exercise-avoider. It was estimated that 7,000 people attended his funeral.
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William Thackeray
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Bradbury & Evans
Oh, dear, what is happening to the City plaques? This one looks really cheap...
Chiswick Square
The houses each side were built about 1680. Boston House built in 1740, on th...
CI - 8 - Books
This carving depicts the two Brontë sisters meeting Thackeray, but rather fai...
Rules Restaurant 2
Rules®. London's oldest restaurant. In the year Napoleon opened his campaign ...
Tom Cribb Public House
Tom Cribb Tom Cribb was the British bare-knuckle boxing champion between 1809...
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Flower Fairy Books
A series of books created by the illusrator Cicely Mary Barker. The first one was published in 1923
1 memorial
Alan Bennett
Playwright, screenwriter, actor and author. Born Leeds. First popular success was 'Beyond the Fringe' at the 1960 Edinburgh Festival, with Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller and Dudley Moore. Since then...
2 memorials
Dickens Fellowship
A worldwide association of people who share an interest in the life and works of Charles Dickens, based at the Charles Dickens Museum since 1925.
3 memorials
Thomas de Quincey
Born Manchester. Author, best known for "Confessions of an English Opium-Eater" (1821). Was as addicted to books as much as to drink or opium, sometimes renting an extra lodging (which he could not...
1 memorial
Stephen John Fry
Actor, broadcaster, comedian, director, narrator and writer with professional name Stephen Fry. Born on 24 August 1957, the second of the three children of Alan John Fry (1930-2019) and Marianne Ev...
Person, Cinema, Humour, Literature, Seriously Famous, TV & Radio
3 memorials
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Sir Edward Elgar - NW3 - gone
NW3, Netherhall Gardens, 42 - 44
The photograph of the plaque is taken from Derek Sumeray's book 'Discovering London Plaques'. We are so grateful that Sumeray captured th...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Sir Arthur Mackmurdo
Architect and designer. Born Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo. In 1874, he travelled to Italy with John Ruskin to study the architecture. He later opened his own architectural practice in London, and in 1...
1 memorial
Sir Francis Baring
SE13, Old Road, Manor House Library
London Borough of Lewisham Sir Francis Baring, Bart, MP, 1740-1810, merchant & banker, lived here, 1797-1810, presented by Baring Bro...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
PP - 3S - Garnish
EC1, Edward Street
This garden acquired its name due to its popularity as a lunchtime garden with workers from the nearby General Post Office (long gone). ...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
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