Erection date: 1876
Dr Samuel Johnson, author, lived here. B. 1709. D. 1784.
{In the border, interleaved with the links of a chain, are the letters of:}
Erected by the Society of Arts
Erected April-May 1876.
EC4, Gough Square, 17, Dr Johnson's House
The house is a museum, open to the public and contains many pictures of Johnson and his friends. The Barber plaque is on the railings below the Johnson one.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Samuel Johnson's house
Essayist, biographer, lexicographer and speaker of quotes. Born Lichfield, St...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Samuel Johnson's house
Founded by William Shipley as the "Society of Arts" in Rawthmell's Coffee Hou...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Samuel Johnson's house
Morton Hotel is part of Imperial London Hotels Ltd who own the building.
Sir Alan Cobham, 1894 - 1973, aviator, was born here. English Heritage
These plaques seem to relate to the maintenance and changing ownership of the grounds of "The Holly Lodge". The house (which was between ...
The Institute and School vacated in 1905 and the telephone exchange building was constructed in 1936. One wonders how the site was used ...
Sir Henry unveiled his own plaque.
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