Born Shrewsbury. Music historian. Father of Fanny Burney. In 1783 he was appointed organist at Chelsea College where he lived for the rest of his life, dying there in 1814.
See Caroline's Miscellany for his memorial in St Paul's Deptford.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Dr. Charles Burney
Commemorated ati
Sir Isaac Newton's house- detailed
plaque inside building at top of stairway directly facing entrance
Wine Office Court
The Rhymers' Club is not specifically mentioned on the plaque but Ye Olde Che...
Other Subjects
Gertrude Bell
Traveller, archaeologist, writer and diplomat, Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell, CBE, explored, mapped, and became highly influential to British imperial policy-making due to her knowledge and cont...
Person, Exploring, History, Politics & Administration, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Middle East, Syria
1 memorial
Friern Barnet & District Local History Society
From their website: "Our founder, John Donovan, lived in Friern Barnet between 1966 and 1995. He became concerned that nothing was being done to record and preserve the history of the area and befo...
1 memorial
Greenwich Historical Society
From the Picture source: "The Greenwich Historical Society began life as the Greenwich Antiquarian Society in 1905, merging with the Lewisham Society in 1919 to become the Greenwich and Lewisham An...
1 memorial
Peter Arnold
Tenuously connected to Benedict Arnold. From NBC: "An amateur historian, Arnold thoroughly researched his family lineage and discovered a link to the general - although his own branch of the Arnol...
1 memorial
Patricia Penn (Penny)
Patricia Rosemary Anderton Penn was born on 13 November 1914 in Battersea, the third daughter of William Arthur Penn (1876-1945) and Jane Winifred Penn née Hartley (1875-1923). Her father had been ...
1 memorial
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