Born Edinburgh, died London. Known for his two-volume biography 'The Life Of Samuel Johnson' (1791).
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James Boswell
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Boswell and Johnson
Greater London Council In this house, occupied by Thomas Davies, bookseller,...
James Boswell
LCC James Boswell (1740 - 1795), biographer, lived and died in a house on th...
Johnson statue
This bronze statue is placed close to St Clement Dane's church, the one that ...
Spirit of Soho Mural
Interesting that Coca Cola are specifically mentioned on the panel but not as...
Wine Office Court
The Rhymers' Club is not specifically mentioned on the plaque but Ye Olde Che...
Other Subjects
Daniel Defoe
Novelist. Born in the parish of Cripplegate, as Daniel Foe, adding the "de" latter, for effect. Published "Robinson Crusoe" in 1719, considered by some to be the first novel in English. His grave ...
2 memorials
Tabard Inn
Set up by an abbot from Winchester to give his brethren somewhere to stay in London and to provide accomodation to pilgrims on their way to Canterbury, in particular Chaucer's pilgrims, who set off...
1 memorial
Eric Benfield, FRSA
Eric Benfield was born on 9 June 1902 in Swanage, Dorset, the third of the four children of Charles Benfield (1866-1936) and Adelaide Benfield née Smith (1868-1943). His birth was registered in the...
1 memorial
1 memorial
George Grossmith, Snr
Born London. Entertainer and author. Created a number of the great Gilbert and Sullivan roles, including Bunthorne, possibly modelled on Oscar Wilde. With his brother Weedon wrote the comic novel '...
1 memorial
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