Erection date: /1/2018
William Somerset Maugham 1874 - 1965
Novelist and playwright lived here 1919 - 1923
"To acquire a habit for reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life."
City of Westminster
W1, Wyndham Place, 2
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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W. S. Maugham - Wyndham Place
Playwright, novelist and short story writer. Born of British parents in Paris...
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W. S. Maugham - Wyndham Place
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These plaques were originally located on the buildings of the Teddington Studios in Broom Road. The studios were closed and demolished in...
English Heritage Octavia Hill, 1838 - 1912, housing reformer and co-founder of The National Trust began her work here.
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