American writer, best know for his accounts of pioneering life in California. Born New York. Came to London in 1885 via Germany and Glasgow. Buried at Frimley, Surrey.
Some sources, contradicting the plaque at Leinster Terrace, say he died in Camberley,
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Francis Bret Harte
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Francis Bret Harte
Greater London Council Francis Bret Harte, 1836 - 1902, American writer, liv...
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Brendan Behan
Poet, writer, playwright. Born Dublin. Irish republican and, aged 16 - 23, volunteer in the IRA. He once described himself as a "a drinker with a writing problem". Collapsed in a Dublin bar and die...
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Horace
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (8 December 65 – 27 November 8 BC) was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus (aka Octavian).
3 memorials
Bruce Bairnsfather
Cartoonist. WW1 artist. Born Muree, India. He was serving on the western front at the time of the Christmas Truce of 1914 and drew and wrote about it. An article in the Malvern Gazette 21/9/11, pro...
Person, Art, Literature, France, India
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Lady Winifred Fortescue
Writer and actress. Born as Winifred Beech in a Suffolk rectory. Died France. 1914 she married John Fortescue (1859-1933, librarian, archivist at Windsor Castle and British Army historian), despit...
1 memorial
Ernest Raymond
Novelist, author of more than fifty books included We the Accused.
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