John Galsworthy, J. M. Barrie, Thomas Hood, and Robert Adam blue plaque
John Galsworthy · Novelist
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“Robert Adam, Thomas Hood, John Galsworthy, Sir James M. Barrie and other eminent artists and writers lived here”
Details
1867-1933
Life dates
1-3 Robert Street, Adelphi, Westminster, WC2
WC2N
Erected 1950
administered by English Heritage as part of the London wide plaque scheme, London County Council
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John Galsworthy
novelist, playwright, Order of Merit recipient, and Nobel Literature Laureate · (1867-1933)
J. M. Barrie
novelist, dramatist, author of Peter Pan, Baronet Barrie of Adelphi Terrace, and Order of Merit recipient · (1860-1937)
Thomas Hood
poet and humourist · (1799-1845)
Robert Adam
architect, son of William Adam, and son of Mary Robertson · (1728-1792)
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