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Plaque

James Boswell - W1

Erection date: 2/12/1936

Inscription

James Boswell (1740 - 1795), biographer, lived and died in a house on this site.
LCC

Site: James Boswell - W1 (1 memorial)

W1, Great Portland Street, 122

There had been a plaque to Boswell on a house in which he lived in Great Queen Street but when that was demolished in 1914 there were no houses left standing in London in which Boswell had actually lived.  In December 1935 a Mr. George Prime renewed a previous suggestion of a plaque at 122 Great Portland Street, on the site of a house in which Boswell had lived.

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James Boswell

Born Edinburgh, died London. Known for his two-volume biography 'The Life Of ...

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London County Council

Prior to the LCC London matters were run by church parishes. The LCC was the ...

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