Person    | Male  Born 8/1/1824  Died 23/9/1889

Wilkie Collins

Categories: Literature

Writer of thriller novels such as The Woman in White, The Moonstone. Born 11 New Cavendish Street. A great friend of Charles Dickens, to the extent that they grew beards together. Died at home in 82 Wimpole Street. The map-tastic Londonist have plotted his life and his fiction on a map.

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Wilkie Collins

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Wilkie Collins

London County Council William Wilkie Collins, 1824 - 1889, novelist, lived h...

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Wine Office Court

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Leonard Huxley

Leonard Huxley

Writer. His works include biographies of his father Thomas Henry Huxley and Charles Darwin. Father of Aldous and Julian Huxley, the unidentified child in the photograph is presumably one of his sons.

Person, History, Literature

1 memorial
Newbery Medal

Newbery Medal

From Wikipedia: a literary award given by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The award is given to the author of the most disting...

Concept, Children, Literature, USA

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Mary Shelley

Mary Shelley

Born in London, at the Polygon building in Somers Town. Parents: William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft, Eleven days after her birth her mother died. Most famous for writing "Frankenstein". A freq...

Person, Literature, Seriously Famous

4 memorials
Vita Sackville-West

Vita Sackville-West

Writer and gardener. Born Victoria Mary Sackville-West at Knole, near Sevenoaks, Kent, the only child of Lionel Sackville-West, 3rd Baron Sackville. She started writing at an early age, having many...

Person, Gardens / Agriculture, Literature

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Simon Callow

Simon Callow

Actor, director, writer. Born Streatham.  

Person, Cinema, Literature, Theatre, TV & Radio

4 memorials