This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Confessions of an English Opium Eater
Commemorated ati
Thomas de Quincey
Note: "Quincey" seems to be the accepted spelling rather than the "Quincy" o...
Other Subjects
1 memorial
Lao She
Chinese novelist and dramatist. Born Beijing as Shu Qingchun. Lao She was his pen name. Lectured at what is now SOAS 1924 - 9. During this time he discovered Dickens and began his own writing. Best...
1 memorial
Olive Schreiner
Author, campaigner against war, against racism and for womans' vote. Best remembered for her 1883 novel, 'The Story of an African Farm'. Born in South Africa. Named Olive Emilie Albertina Schrei...
Person, Gender Issues, Literature, Peace, Race Issues, South Africa
1 memorial
Mark Twain
American writer. Born as Samuel Langhorne Clemens in Florida, a small village in Missouri; it was small then and is now non-existent. Wrote Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Adventures of Tom Sawyer...
2 memorials
Aubrey Beardsley
Illustrator. Born Aubrey Vincent Beardsley at 12 Buckingham Road, Brighton. Diagnosed with tuberculosis at the age of seven and described by his mother as 'like a delicate little piece of Dresden c...
1 memorial
Previously viewed
Sarah Siddons lost plaque
NW1, Upper Baker Street, 27
We've not seen the plaque but the V&A's description confirms that it looks just like this Charles Dickens' one.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Holmes & Watson - Criterion - lost
W1, 224 Piccadilly, 224, Criterion Restaurant
The presence of Sherlock Holmes at this unveiling is rather misleading since he was not present at the event commemorated. In Conan Doyle...
2 subjects commemorated,
4 creators
West India Docks - foundation stone
E14, Hertsmere Road
You have to admire the 1800 skill at sentence construction, and the confidence that others wold be equally skilled at reading the results.
5 subjects commemorated
Deptford Station
SE8, Deptford High Street
August 2019: We were informed by Ste Ríkharðsson via Facebook that the plaque went missing following the renovation of the station in 201...
1 subject commemorated
Queen Eleanor of Provence
French noblewoman who married King Henry III and became consort queen, 1236 until his death in 1272. Eleanor was the "my fair lady" in "London Bridge is falling down", since she was apparently re...
1 memorial