Poet and story writer. Born: Bombay, India. Died: London. See Waterloo Free Buffet.
2021: The Guardian reported some updates to English Heritage's information on Kipling: "While his children’s stories remain popular today, Kipling has been criticised for his imperialist views and romanticising colonialism in his writings".
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Rudyard Kipling
The wording on the plaque could have been clearer. The first half is giving t...
London County Council Rudyard Kipling, 1865 - 1936, poet and story writer, l...
Diplomat and politician. Born as Harold George Nicolson at the British legation, Tehran in what was then Persia. Joined the diplomatic service in 1909 and served in various posts. Entered parliamen...
Person, Gardens / Agriculture, Literature, Politics & Administration, Germany, Iran/Persia, Spain, Turkey
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.
Novel by H. G. Wells about the invasion of Earth by Mars. One of the first novels in the science-fiction genre. It has been filmed, produced as a musical album by Jeff Wayne, and famously caused ne...
Writer. Born Ian Lancaster Fleming at 27 Green Street, Mayfair. Christopher Lee was his step-cousin. He worked as a foreign correspondent with Reuters in Moscow, and was a senior naval intelligence...
Person, Armed Forces, Literature, Seriously Famous, Jamaica, Russia
Poet and writer. Born Siegfried Loraine (also spelt Lorraine or Louvain depending on source) Sassoon at Weirleigh, Brenchley, near Paddock Wood, Kent. Grandson of Thomas Thornycroft and cousin of S...
Person, Armed Forces, Literature, Poetry, Seriously Famous, France
Architect-designer. Born Edward William Godwin in Bristol and moved to London about 1862. Widowed in 1865 he had an affair 1868-74 with Ellen Terry, married to, but separated from, G. F. Watts at t...
Painter. Born Belfast. One of the "Glasgow Boys" he went on to become a successful portrait painter.
Co-founder of Pret a Manger with Sinclair Beecham, who he met at the Polytechnic of Central London. Also founded the itsu chain of Asian-inspired restaurants.
Suspension bridge over the River Adur in Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex. Designed by William Tierney Clark with Captain Samuel Brown. It was replaced in 1923.
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