Born Shrewsbury. Music historian. Father of Fanny Burney. In 1783 he was appointed organist at Chelsea College where he lived for the rest of his life, dying there in 1814.
See for his memorial in St Paul's Deptford.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Dr. Charles Burney
Commemorated ati
Sir Isaac Newton's house- detailed
plaque inside building at top of stairway directly facing entrance
Wine Office Court
The Rhymers' Club is not specifically mentioned on the plaque but Ye Olde Che...
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Charles Robert Cockerell
Architect and antiquary, Born London. Educated at Westminster. Harrow Old Schools was his first building.
2 memorials
Matthew Bell
Psychoanalyst who works near West Smithfield and is interested in local history. He felt passionately that there should be a memorial where the denouement of the 1381 revolt took place and where T...
3 memorials
Thomas. J. Barratt
Businessman and historian.  Born 25 Tottenham Place.  1864 joined A & F Pears as a bookkeeper and then married F. Pears's eldest daughter the next year. Historian of Hampstead, author of the 3...
1 memorial
1 memorial
Sir Nikolaus Pevsner
Architectural historian and author of "The Buildings of England". Born in Leipzig, Germany. Hitler's rise to power caused him to move to London in 1935. Buried in the churchyard of St. Peter's a...
2 memorials
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