George Frideric Handel, 1685 - 1759, composer, lived in this house from 1723 and died here.
English Heritage
W1, Brook Street, 25
In our photo of the street showing two blue plaques, the Handel building is the one on the right. The one on the left is Hendrix.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Handel
Composer. Born Halle, Germany. Became Kapellmeister to the Elector of Hanover...
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Handel
English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that ma...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Handel
Festival of Britain 1951, 3rd May - 3rd November, site of the Festival Pleasure Gardens 2011. Wandsworth Council
Fela AnÃkúlápó Kuti, 1938- -1997, singer, multi-instrumentalist, composer and Nigerian activist lived in this house as a student in 1958....
William Henry Hudson, 1841 - 1922, naturalist and ornithologist, early and influential member of the RSPB, novelist and author of 'Green ...
The BBC (who else?) have a good post about their time here. Pity this plaque had no room to mention John Logie Baird.
Although not specified on the plaque, it was erected by Wandsworth LGBTQ+ Forum.
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