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Fiction    From 1902 

Peter Pan

Peter Pan

The character first appeared in print in Barrie's 1902 novel 'The Little White Bird'. Barrie had huge success with the 'Peter Pan' play, first presented on stage in 1904 at the Duke of York's Theatre. He turned it into a novel, 'Peter Pan and Wendy' in 1911.

In 1929, Barrie gave the valuable copyright to Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital. The copyright has been extended and then, in the UK, granted "in perpetuity".  It ran out in the US at the end of 2023. has more details.

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Peter Pan

Commemorated ati

Great Ormond Street Hosp. - Peter Pan

In 2005, after our photo, Tinkerbell was added to the statue, fluttering at P...

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J.M. Barrie - WC1

Sir James Matthew Barrie, Bart. OM, 1860 - 1937, novelist, dramatist and crea...

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Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens

The first Peter Pan, Nina Boucicault, (always a woman) modelled for the statu...

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William Riley

William Riley

Drowned in the 1898 HMS Albion disaster, aged 11. Buried in grave 4 at the memorial in East London Cemetery.

Person, Children, Tragedy

1 memorial
Samuel William Arthur Neport

Samuel William Arthur Neport

Samuel William Arthur Neport was born on 31 May 1935, the fifth of the six children of James John Neport (1893-1985) and Ellen Martha Neport (1895-1975). His birth was registered in the 3rd quarter...

Person, Children

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
Trumpeter H. F. Sabine

Trumpeter H. F. Sabine

234223, Royal Field Artillery. Age 17. 198.46166.

Person, Armed Forces, Children

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
North Islington Infant Welfare Centre and School for Mothers

North Islington Infant Welfare Centre and School for Mothers

Founded by Florence Keen.  1983 renamed 'Manor Gardens Centre'.

Group, Children, Social Welfare

2 memorials