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Oscar Wilde and Arthur Conan Doyle green plaque
Oscar Wilde · Wit
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“Oscar Wilde and Arthur Conan Doyle dined here with the publisher of 'Lippincott's Magazine' on 30 August 1889, a meeting that led to 'The Sign Of Four' & 'The Picture Of Dorian Gray'”
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1854-1900
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Langham Hotel, 1c Portland Place
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Erected 2010
City of Westminster
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Oscar Wilde
wit, dramatist, writer, playwright, poet, self-styled leader of the aesthetic movement, son of Jane Wilde, son of William Wilde, and friend of Alfred Douglas · (1854-1900)
Arthur Conan Doyle
Knight Bachelor, medical graduate of Edinburgh University, author, creator of Sherlock Holmes, creator of John Watson, Knight of The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem, and Deputy Lieutenant · (1859-1930)
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