Erection date: 1979
Gerard Manley Hopkins SJ, 1844 - 1889, poet, lived and studied in Manresa House.
Greater London Council
The 'SJ' after his name means he was a Jesuit, a member of the Society of Jesus.
SW15, Holybourne Avenue, Parkstead House, Roehampton University
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Gerard Manley Hopkins - SW15
Originally called Bessborough House, it was built by William Ponsonby in the ...
Poet and Jesuit priest. Born 87 The Grove, Stratford, of Welsh ancestry. 1852...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Gerard Manley Hopkins - SW15
Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could...
London County Council Andrew Bonar Law, 1858-1923, prime minister lived here.
Frederick George Creed, 1871 - 1957, electrical engineer, inventor of the teleprinter, lived and died here. Greater London Council
English Heritage Vivien Leigh, 1913-1967, actress, lived here.
Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, 1852 - 1928, Prime Minister, lived here. Erected by the Hampstead Plaque Fund
2 October 2014: The plaque was restored but we have kept our picture so you can see what it used to look like.
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