Writer. Born 32 Sheffield Terrace, Campden Hill, as Gilbert Keith Chesterton. Best known for the Father Brown stories. He often wrote about religion and in 1922 converted to Roman Catholicism. In later life he became obese. Wearing a hat and cape he made a distinctive figure as he hung around the taverns of Fleet Street, a latter-day Dr Johnson. Died at his home at Top Meadow, Beaconsfield.
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G. K. Chesterton
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G. K. Chesterton - birth
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G K Chesterton - W14
Gilbert Keith Chesterton, 1874 - 1936, poet, novelist and critic, lived here....
Mont Blanc restaurant
City of Westminster Site of the Mont Blanc Restaurant where leading writers,...
Wine Office Court
The Rhymers' Club is not specifically mentioned on the plaque but Ye Olde Che...
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Captain Frederick Marryat
Novelist and officer in Royal Navy where he was a bit of a hero, rescuing men from drowning, etc. Born Catherine Court, Tower Hill or Great George Street, Westminster, depending on source. Entere...
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Nordahl Grieg
Norwegian poet, novelist, dramatist, journalist and political activist. Our Norwegian consultant, Johanne Elster Hanson, says that "Grieg adored England and spent many periods of his life here. He...
1 memorial
Julia Clara Pitt Byrne, née Busk
Writer and illustrator. 1842 married William Pitt Byrne and, when the time came, designed his memorial. Died at home, 16 Montagu Street.
1 memorial
1 memorial
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Born in Edinburgh where he trained as a doctor. Extremely successful writer of the Sherlock Holmes stories. A sportsman: a boxer, a cricketer who once dismissed W. G. Grace. The first Englishman to...
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N10, Queen's Wood, The café
Previously known as Churchyard Bottom Wood, the wood was renamed in honour of Queen Victoria when Hornsey Urban District Council purchase...
3 subjects commemorated,
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National British Women's Temperance Association
Incorporated June 1896. We can't find any information about this organisation but think the NBWTA possibly mutated into the BWTA.
1 memorial
Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
Born Bloomsbury. A treasured only child he had minimal education, never learning to spell. Indoctrinated by his father into the architecture of the Middle Ages, he became a religious fanatic who dr...
2 memorials
Sir William Reid Dick
Born Glasgow. Reid was his mother's maiden name. Other work in London: 1936 - Boy with Frog fountain in Regent's Park and The Herald at 85 Fleet Street. Died at home in 16 Maida Vale in the house...
10 memorials
Claudia Jones
Born Trinidad. Moved to New York where she became a Communist. Caught up in the McCarthy trials she was imprisoned and then extradited to Britain in December 1955. Became a community organiser afte...
Person, Community / Clubs, Journalism / Publishing, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Caribbean Islands, USA
2 memorials
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