William Shipley, Royal Society of Arts, and Sarah Rawthmell green plaque
William Shipley · Social Reformer
Inscription
“William Shipley 1715-1803 held the foundation meeting of The (Royal) Society of Arts in Rawthmell’s Coffee House on this site 22 March 1754”
Details
1715-1803
Life dates
Rawthmell’s Coffee House in Henrietta Street, Covent Garden
WC2E
Erected 2016
William Shipley Group for RSA History, City of Westminster
Organisation
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William Shipley
social reformer, drawing master, founder of The Royal Society of Arts, and inventor · (1715-1803)
Royal Society of Arts
society · (1754-present)
Sarah Rawthmell
wife of John Rawthmell and coffee house owner
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Location
Rawthmell’s Coffee House in Henrietta Street, Covent Garden
WC2E
51.511150, -0.123610
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