Plaque

Sir Henry Rider Haggard

Erection date: 1977

Inscription

Sir Henry Rider Haggard, 1856 - 1925, novelist, lived here 1885 - 1888.
Greater London Council.

Site: Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1 memorial)

W14, Gunterstone Road, 69

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Sir Henry Rider Haggard

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Sir Henry Rider Haggard

Novelist. Born at Wood Farm, West Bradenham, Norfolk. At the age of nineteen ...

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Sir Henry Rider Haggard

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Greater London Council

Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could...

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