Group    From 1790 

Royal Literary Fund

Categories: Literature, Philanthropy

British benevolent fund for professional published authors in financial difficulties. The Prince Regent supported it by providing premises at 36 Gerrard Street.

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Royal Literary Fund

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David Williams

David Williams, 1738 - 1816, founder of The Royal Literary Fund, 1790, reside...

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Italo Svevo

Italo Svevo

Businessman and author. Born in Trieste (then part of Austria-Hungary) as Aron Ettore Schmitz. The pseudonym translates as 'Swabian Italian', but as the only definitions of Swabian relate to places...

Person, Commerce, Literature, Austria, Hungary, Italy

1 memorial
Dilys Powell

Dilys Powell

Journalist. Born Elizabeth Dilys Powell at Lloyd's Bank, Bridgnorth, Shropshire. Although she claimed to have little knowledge of cinema, she was the well-respected film critic for the Sunday Times...

Person, Cinema, Journalism / Publishing, Literature

1 memorial
Stoke Newington Literary Festival

Stoke Newington Literary Festival

From their website in 2022: "Since 2010, we’ve been celebrating the area’s radical and literary history with a festival that’s become one of the most eclectic, diverse and, frankly, FUN in the lite...

Event, Community / Clubs, Literature

1 memorial
Lytton Strachey

Lytton Strachey

Critic and biographer. Born Giles Lytton Strachey.  At Cambridge he joined The Apostles.  Was a prominent conscientious objector in WW1.

Person, Literature

2 memorials
Bram Stoker

Bram Stoker

Novelist and theatre manager.  Born Dublin. Came to London in 1878 with his new wife Florence Balcombe, previously Oscar Wilde's squeeze. Wrote Dracula whilst he was Irving’s acting manager at the ...

Person, Literature, Paranormal, Theatre, Ireland

3 memorials