Poet. Born at 5 Cwmdonkin Drive, Swansea, which is now a themed holiday rental. Died at St Vincents Hospital, in New York City during a lecture tour of the United States. He is buried at Laugharne, Wales. This had been his home with his wife Caitlin, whom he had met in 1936/7, at the Wheatsheaf pub in Newman Street, W1 (no plaque). Caitlin Macnamara had previously been in an abusive relationship with Augustus John.
2019: visited Thomas's London drinking haunts - there are quite a lot of them.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Dylan Thomas
Dylan Thomas, poet, 1914 - 1953, drank here! Wheatsheaf Heritage
A montage of scenes, all relevant to the area at the time: construction activ...
2022: We were contacted by David Bieda who wrote: "Meard Street plaque. I’d l...
Poet Laureate 1972 - 1984. Conservation campaigner. Credited with saving the Midland Grand Hotel (now St Pancras Chambers) and the station at St Pancras from demolition and helping to achieve their...
Poet. Also: lawyer, novelist, playwright and magazine editor. Born Staffordshire. Famous for one poem: 'Vitai Lampada'. Written in 1897 this oh-so-British plea for war to be played in the same spir...
Born Bishop Middleham, County Durham. Poet, playwright and public servant. He went to sea as a young man, but after finding it did not agree with his health, took up a position in the Treasury. H...
Person, Poetry, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Theatre
Journalist and poet, Born at Gravesend. In 1852 he obtained the Newdigate prize for his first poem, 'The Feast of Belshazzar' ('High on a throne of ivory and gold, From crown to footstool clad in p...
Scottish poet and lyricist. Born Perthshire into a poor family but he was quick to read and began writing early. Wrote in English and in the Scottish dialect and was compared with Burns. Died near ...
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