Erection date: 1975
Samuel Coleridge Taylor, 1875 - 1912, composer of the "Song of Hiawatha" lived here.
Greater London Council
This was the first plaque erected to a black person, in 1975.
SE25, Dagnall Park, 30
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Norwood
Composer. Born 15 Theobalds Road, of a mixed race couple, his father being a ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Norwood
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