Westminster City Council
Voltaire, 1694 - 1778, French philosopher, playwright and satirist, lodged in a house on this site, 1727 - 1728.
Voltaire Foundation
The plaque was stolen some years ago. In 1994 (300th birthday) the Voltaire Foundation got it put back.
WC2, Maiden Lane, 10
The building is inscribed with the name "Vaudeville Theatre". It is now, 2013, used by the Hungarian Cultural Centre.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Voltaire
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Voltaire
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In our photo the plaque can be seen to the left of the four lamps.
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George Orwell was born in Bengal as Eric Arthur Blair, his father was a British colonial civil servant. Joined the Indian imperial police in Burma but left in 1927 and decided to become a writer. ...
Person, Journalism / Publishing, Literature, Seriously Famous, TV & Radio, Bengal, Burma, France, India, Spain
This was originally brought to our attention over a year ago by London Reconnections and they have just posted a much more detailed histo...
