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Confessions of an English Opium Eater

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Confessions of an English Opium Eater

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Thomas de Quincey

Note: "Quincey" seems to be the accepted spelling rather than the "Quincy" o...

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Doctor Stephen Charles Gold, MD, FRCP

Doctor Stephen Charles Gold, MD, FRCP

Dermatologist and author. He wrote 'A Biographical History of British Dermatology'. Our Picture Source and his obituary confirm he served during WW2 in the Royal Army Medical Corps for four years ...

Person, Armed Forces, Literature, Medicine

1 memorial
G. K. Chesterton

G. K. Chesterton

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 l...

Person, Literature

4 memorials
Dick Whittington's cat

Dick Whittington's cat

See Dick Whittington. The picture is the charming logo adopted by the Whittington Hospital on Highgate Hill.

Animal, Literature, Theatre

1 memorial
Dick Francis

Dick Francis

Steeplechase jockey and writer. Born Richard Stanley Francis in Coedcanlas, Wales. In his racing career, he won over 350 races and was champion jockey in the 1953-54 season.  From 1953 to 1957 he w...

Person, Literature, Sport / Games, Caribbean Islands, Wales

1 memorial
Mervyn Peake

Mervyn Peake

Artist and writer. Mervyn Laurence Peake was born on 9 July 1911 in Kuling, Dehua, Fujian, China, the younger child of Ernest Cromwell Peake (1874-1950) and Amanda Elizabeth Ann Peake née Powell (...

Person, Art, Emergency Services, Literature, Seriously Famous, Channel Islands, China/Hong Kong

1 memorial