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Plaque

Sydney Smith

Inscription

LCC
Sydney Smith, 1771 - 1845, author and wit, lived here.

Site: Sydney Smith (1 memorial)

WC1, Doughty Street, 14

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Reverend Sydney Smith

Wit, for example "I never read a book before reviewing it; it prejudices a ma...

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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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