Erection date: 1/6/2011
Sir William Empson, 1906 – 1984, poet and critic, lived here 1929 - 1931, and at 71 Marchmont Street, 1934 -1936.
Marchmont Association
Unveiled by Sir Williams’ son, Jake Empson. At no 71 Empson lived in the the first floor flat.
WC1, Marchmont Street, 65
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Sir William Empson
Poet and critic. Born near Goole, Yorkshire. Considered a great English criti...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Sir William Empson
Aims to promote the on-going improvement of Marchmont Street and the surround...
You have to admire the 1800 skill at sentence construction, and the confidence that others wold be equally skilled at reading the results.
Edward Ardizzone, 1900 - 1979, artist and illustrator, lived here, 1920 - 1972. English Heritage
The Christopher Jones statue is on the left of the picture, and Prince Lee Boo's tomb in the centre (next to the rather incongruous child...
Myddelton House. Edward Augustus Bowles, 1865 - 1954, botanist & horticulturist, lived here. London Borough of Enfield
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