Writer and statesman. Born Joaquim Aurélio Barreto Nabuco de Araújo in Recife, Brazil. In 1878 he began to fight against slavery through his political activity and writings. It was eventually abolished in 1888. Ambassador to Great Britain and the U.S.A. Died in Washington U.S.A.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Joaquim Nabuco
Joaquim Nabuco, 1849-1910, eminent Brazilian statesman and diplomat, lived he...
The Baker Street Irregulars is a literary society dedicated to the study of Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and the Victorian world. It is the oldest existing Sherlockian soci...
Novelist and journalist. Born William Woodard Self in Westminster. He is the author of ten novels, five collections of shorter fiction, three novellas, and five collections of non-fiction writing. ...
Poet and critic. Born at Woodford, Essex. Died Lymington. Web sites giving his poetry are numerous.
Translated Pepys's diary (written in one of the versions of shorthand used at the time) in 1819 - 22.
Detective novel by Agatha Christie, featuring Hercule Poirot.
The Simpson, etc. plaque commemorates the Dyeworks which were at Victory Place 1859 - 68. This page refers to that site but also refers to the Hackney Dyeworks to which Atlas expanded. The photo sh...
We can't find the link from the QR code. The Sun reported the plaque's unveiling.
The monument, commissioned by Queen Victoria and designed by George Gilbert Scott, was built 1864-72, and the statue of Albert was instal...
Born in Plympton, Devonshire. Came to London in 1753. As a student of Italian art, his work became increasingly classical under the influence of the Bolognese school. In 1768 he was elected the fir...
Conductor and musicologist. Born Schenectady, New York, but when he was three the family move to Australia where he was brought up. An authority on the operas of Janacek and Mozart, and the comic...
