Formed initially to preserve Jane's cottage in the village of Chawton, Hampshire. This was purchased in 1947 and is now open to the public.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Jane Austen Society
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Jane Austen - WC2
City of Westminster Jane Austen, 1775 - 1817, novelist, stayed here, 1813 - ...
Other Subjects
Dorothy Richardson
Author and journalist. Born Abingdon and brought up in Putney. Her father was bankrupt and her mother had died by suicide by the time Dorothy was 22. Moved to Bloomsbury in 1896 and while working ...
1 memorial
James Hanley
Novelist and playwright. The ODNB says he was born Dublin 1901. Wikipedia says that's wrong; it was Liverpool in 1897. Left school aged 12 and educated himself thereafter. In WW1 he served in t...
1 memorial
Gyles Brandreth
Writer, broadcaster and former M.P. Born Gyles Daubeney Brandreth in Germany where his father was serving as a legal officer with the Allied Control Commission. Famous for his over the top knitwear...
Person, Literature, Politics & Administration, TV & Radio, Germany
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
Charles Morgan
Playwright, novelist and critic. Born Bromley, Kent, son of the engineer Sir Charles Langbridge Morgan. Died at the house with the plaque.
1 memorial
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