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4 giorni fa · Part of the south transept is well known as Poets’ Corner and includes the tombs of Geoffrey Chaucer, Ben Jonson (who was buried upright), John Dryden, Robert Browning, and many others. The north transept has many memorials to British statesmen.
- St. Margaret’s Church
Saint Margaret’s Church, church in the London borough of...
- St. Margaret’s Church
4 giorni fa · The Chapel of St. Edmund forms an hexagonal projection upon the passage leading from Palace Yard to "Poets' Corner." St. Edmund was Archbishop of Canterbury, and the anniversary held at his altar was on the 16th of November. An ancient wooden screen separates this chapel from the aisle. Here are several interesting tombs and monuments.
4 giorni fa · At the corner of Great George Street and St. Margaret's Churchyard is a conspicuous structure, with a spire and cross of imposing height, known as the Buxton Memorial Drinking Fountain. The base is octagonal, about twelve feet in diameter, having open arches on the eight sides, supported on clustered shafts of polished Devonshire marble around a large central shaft, with four massive granite ...
1 giorno fa · George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, FRS (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824) was a British poet and peer. [1] [2] He is one of the major figures of the Romantic movement, [3] [4] [5] and is regarded as being among the greatest of English poets. [6]
21 ore fa · Life Main article: Life of William Shakespeare Early life John Shakespeare's house, believed to be Shakespeare's birthplace, in Stratford-upon-Avon Shakespeare was the son of John Shakespeare, an alderman and a successful glover (glove-maker) originally from Snitterfield in Warwickshire, and Mary Arden, the daughter of an affluent landowning family. He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, where he ...
4 giorni fa · On the 50th anniversary of Lewis’ death (Nov. 22, 2013), he unveiled a permanent memorial to C.S. Lewis in Poets’ Corner, Westminster Abbey, and is the co-editor of a volume of commemorative essays marking that anniversary, entitled: C.S. Lewis at Poets’ Corner.
5 giorni fa · Thursday, 16th May 2024. Downing Street today announced that His Majesty The King has appointed The Venerable Tricia Hillas as the next Bishop of Sodor and Man. Tricia has been Canon Steward and Archdeacon of Westminster since 2021 and has also served as Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons from February 2020.
