The Pennsylvania Library Association (PaLA) is the state's oldest and most diverse professional library organization serving libraries, library employees, library trustees, and Friends of the Library groups.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Pennsylvania Library Association
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John Newbery
The John Newbery Memorial Plaque John Newbery, 1713 - 1767, benevolent bookse...
Other Subjects
Sir Alan Herbert
Author and politician. Born Alan Patrick Herbert at Ashtead Lodge, Ashtead, Leatherhead. He was called to the bar, but never practised. Joined Punch magazine as a writer in 1924 and went on to writ...
Person, Literature, Music / songs, Politics & Administration
1 memorial
After the Battle Publications
Publishers of books and magazines about military history.
1 memorial
W. Somerset Maugham
Playwright, novelist and short story writer. Born of British parents in Paris. A recent biographer, Selina Hastings, writes that Maugham "liked sex and he liked a lot of it." "Few good-looking youn...
2 memorials
Nina Bawden
Writer of novels for adults and children, and late in life, campaigner for railway safety. Born Nina Mary Mabey in Ilford, Essex. As a child she was evacuated during the blitz, giving her memories...
1 memorial
Smith, Elder & Co.
Publishers at 65 Cornhill (the picture) until 1868. Also at 15 Waterloo Place. Their first big success was Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. They also published: Thackeray, Darwin, Ruskin, Browning...
1 memorial
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Sir Adrian Boult
NW6, Cannon Hill, 78 Marlborough Mansions
Sir Adrian Boult CH, 1889 - 1983, conductor, lived at flat no. 78, 1966 - 1977. English Heritage
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Frieze of Parnassus - Handel
SW7, Kensington Road
The monument, commissioned by Queen Victoria and designed by George Gilbert Scott, was built 1864-72, and the statue of Albert was instal...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Sydney Perks
Sydney Perks FRIBA, FSA, was born on 2 January 1864 in Westminster, one of the eight children of Charles Perks (1807-1871) and Emily Marian Perks née Warner (1827-1919). On 22 January 1864 he was b...
2 memorials
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Ada Lovelace
SW1, St James's Square, 12
English Heritage Ada Countess of Lovelace, 1815 - 1852, pioneer of computing, lived here.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator