Poet and hymn writer. Born Berkhamsted. Spent his early years at Westminster School. His work includes 'The Diverting History of John Gilpin' concerning a rather disorganised journey from Cheapside to The Bell at Edmonton.
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William Cowper
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CI - 8 - Books
This carving depicts the two Brontë sisters meeting Thackeray, but rather fai...
Tachbrook - Cowper
Cowper House To commemorate William Cowper, poet and hymn writer, 1731 - 1800...
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William Cowper
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Boadicea/Boudicca/Boudica
The horses look totally out of control to us; no wonder the two daughters loo...
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Thomas Gray
Poet.  Born Cornhill.  Wrote ‘Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard’ and the lesser-known ‘Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes’ about Horace Walpole's cat. Died Cam...
2 memorials
John Keats
Born 24 Moorfields Pavement Row, Finsbury. This was the Swan and Hoop pub, where his father worked as a stableman and later managed the inn. Baptised at St Botolphs. 1815-16 trained at Guy’s Hospit...
8 memorials
Eric Mackay
The Wikipedia entry for Mackay is worth a read - it's short and not kind; describing him as a "minor' poet, and using terms such as "sponging", "execrable", "laziness and lack of scruples" and repe...
1 memorial
1 memorial
Rudyard Kipling
Poet and story writer. Born: Bombay, India. Died: London. See Waterloo Free Buffet. 2021: The Guardian reported some updates to English Heritage's information on Kipling: "While his children’s sto...
Person, Literature, Poetry, Race Issues, Seriously Famous, India
2 memorials
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