Poet. Born 47 Campden House Court, Kensington. The Evening Standard carries a very critical review of a 2012 edition of Spender's journals.
Died at home at 15 Loudoun Road, St John's Wood , or in Westminster, depending on source.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Sir Stephen Spender
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Orwell, Spender & Cyril Connolly’s Horizon Magazine
George Orwell, 1903 - 1950, Sir Stephen Spender, 1919 - 1995, wrote for Cyril...
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Siegfried Sassoon
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
2 memorials
Thomas Campbell (poet)
Poet. Born in High Street, Glasgow. Initially, he studied law before being drawn to poetry. His better known poems include 'Ye Mariners of England' and 'The Battle of the Baltic'. Died at 5 Rue St ...
1 memorial
William Wordsworth
Romantic poet. Born Cumberland, with the perfect name for a poet (see Isambard Brunel for more examples of nominative determinism). Died Grasmere, the Lake District. Passing through London in 18...
2 memorials
Alice Meynell
Poet and journalist. Alice Thompson was born in Barnes. Her paternal grandmother was an unmarried Creole. Educated with her sister entirely by their father as they lived a peripatetic life mainl...
1 memorial
Arthur Waley
Poet, translator and orientalist. He never actually visited China nor Japan.
1 memorial
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TW11, Broom Road, Camera House
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1 subject commemorated,
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John Keats - Enfield
EN1, Southbury Road, Enfield Town Railway Station
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2 subjects commemorated
London Fire Brigade
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12 memorials
1 memorial
Charles Spackman, VC
Soldier. Born Charles Edward Spackman. He was a sergeant in the 1st Battalion, Border Regiment. On the 20th Novenber 1917 at Marcoing in France, his company came under heavy gunfire. He fought his ...
War served, WW1
1 memorial
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