Wit, for example "I never read a book before reviewing
it; it prejudices a man so."
Born Woodford, London. Died at home in Green Street, London.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Reverend Sydney Smith
Commemorated ati
St George's, Bloomsbury
The Parish Church of St Georges Bloomsbury Built 1720 - 30. Architect: Nicho...
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Joseph Smith
Translated Pepys's diary (written in one of the versions of shorthand used at the time) in 1819 - 22.
1 memorial
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Died Weimar.
2 memorials
The Village in the Jungle
Novel written by Leonard Woolf, published 1913, based on his experiences as a colonial civil servant in British-controlled Ceylon, but unusually written from the native point of view.
1 memorial
Charles Hamilton (Frank Richards)
Author for children. Born Oak Street, Ealing, where the plaque now is. Specialised in writing long series of stories generally using a different pen-name for each. Most famously, as Charles Hamil...
1 memorial
Francis Bret Harte
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, contradicti...
1 memorial
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