Erection date: 1/6/2011
Edward Gibbon, historian, b. 1737, Lime Grove, The Putney Society.
Plaque unveiled by Professor David Wormersley who has written many books on Gibbon.
SW15, Upper Richmond Road, 139
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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