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Old Westminster Library - head 5 - Milton

The hair seems a bit too curly but the sad eyes are right.

Site: Old Westminster Library - 6 heads (7 memorials)

SW1, Great Smith Street

The foundation stone is immediately to the right of the central entrance.

Above the entrance: "Westminster Public Library, The united parishes of St Margaret and St John the Evangelist, AD 1893". In 1985 this building was threatened with demolition and was only saved by a campaign which brought about the Thorney Island Society.

The identifies the heads for us, and we've numbered them left to right.

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Old Westminster Library - head 5 - Milton

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John Milton

Poet, essayist, playwright, historian, and diplomat. Born in the house called...

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Old Westminster Library - head 5 - Milton

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