Group    From 1980 

The Beatrix Potter Society

Categories: Literature

Founded to promote the study and appreciation of the life and works of the author.

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The Beatrix Potter Society

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Beatrix Potter

Beatrix Potter, writer and artist, 1866 to 1943, lived in a house on this sit...

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C. L. R. James

C. L. R. James

Trinidadian historian, journalist, socialist and political activist. A pioneering and influential voice in postcolonial literature. Born Cyril Lionel Robert James in Trinidad. An early athlete and ...

Person, Literature, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Sport / Games, Caribbean Islands

1 memorial
Sir George Cornewall Lewis, 2nd Baronet

Sir George Cornewall Lewis, 2nd Baronet

Home Secretary 1859-60. Born London. Before entering politics Lewis studied linguistics and published a number of books throughout his life.

Person, Literature, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Elizabeth Bowen

Elizabeth Bowen

Writer. Born Elizabeth Dorothea Cole at 15 Herbert Place, Dublin. Educated in England, she published her first collection of stories, 'Encounters' in 1923. Her best known novels include 'The Death ...

Person, Literature, Ireland

1 memorial
Thomas Carlyle (author)

Thomas Carlyle (author)

Historian, essayist and co-founder of the National Portrait Gallery. Born in Ecclefechan, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Portrayed, second from right, in the 1860 Ford Madox Brown painting 'Work'...

Person, History, Literature, Scotland

6 memorials
Frances Hodgson Burnett

Frances Hodgson Burnett

Born as Frances Eliza Hodgson in Cheetham Hill on the edge of Manchester on 24 November 1849 and author of Little Lord Fauntleroy and The Secret Garden. She died, aged 74 years, on 29 October 1924...

Person, Literature, USA

1 memorial

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Don Arden and the Small Faces

Don Arden and the Small Faces

W1, Carnaby Street, 52 - 55

Plaque unveiled by Kenney Jones.

7 subjects commemorated, 1 creator