Writer and literary adviser. Born Newcastle upon Tyne. Came to London in 1828 to attend University College and to enter Inner Temple. A good friend of Charles Dickens he published his biography in 1872-4. Built Palace Gate House, W8 as a home for him and his wife, and died there.
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John Forster
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Dickens at Cobley Farm
Returned from his first trip to America Dickens spent some time here in 1842-...
Wine Office Court
The Rhymers' Club is not specifically mentioned on the plaque but Ye Olde Che...
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W. Somerset Maugham
Playwright, novelist and short story writer. Born of British parents in Paris, in the maternity ward set up within the British embassy. This arrangement enabled babies to be born without becoming F...
2 memorials
Winifred Darch
Author and teacher. Born in Brighton. A prolific writer of novels, mainly for girls. From 1906 to 1935, she worked as a teacher and housemistress at the High School for Girls, Loughton. We cannot f...
1 memorial
Horatio ('Horace') Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford
Writer and collector. Youngest son of Sir Robert Walpole. His gothic novel "The Castle of Otranto"' was published in 1764. But his passion was his gothic creation, his house at Strawberry Hill,...
5 memorials
George Eliot
Novelist. Born Chilvers Coton, Warwickshire. Pen name of Mary Ann (or Marian) Evans. Spent her first 21 years on a farm, now (2015) the Griff House Beefeater Grill restaurant on the Coventry Road...
3 memorials
Elizabeth David
Cookery writer. Born as Elizabeth Gwynne into a wealthy family. Travelled in Europe and around the Mediterranean, spending some years in Cairo, where she married in 1944. Returned to England in 194...
1 memorial
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