Writer and novelist. Born at 14 John Street, Poplar. He wrote detective novels and stories about working-class life in London's East End. His best known work was 'A Child of the Jago', set in a fictitious area. He also collected Japanese art and published several works on the subject. Died at High Barn, Amersham Road, Chalfont St Peter.
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Arthur Morrison
In Salcombe House near this site, lived Arthur Morrison (1863 - 1945) author,...
Art company specialising in murals. Artists include: Bunny Bread and Jason Caballero.
Born in London. His piano-making father named him after Handel. Member of the Holland Park Circle, an informal group of 19th-century artists based in the Holland Park district, especially in Melbu...
Artist with the London Wall (women's) mural collective/group. Active 1989. Source: Art UK.
Painter. Born William Newenham Montague Orpen at Oriel, Blackrock, County Dublin. He was an official artist in World War I and attended the Versailles Peace Conference. Deeply affected by the suffe...
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