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Plaque

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Norwood

Erection date: 1975

Inscription

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.

Site: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Norwood (1 memorial)

SE25, Dagnall Park, 30

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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Norwood

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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Composer. Born 15 Theobalds Road, of a mixed race couple, his father being a ...

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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Norwood

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Greater London Council

Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could...

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