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William Woollett
Artist
William Woollett, celebrated English carver of his day, has a memorial in the west cloister. It shows his bust with a relief of his studio.
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Charles Worsley
Soldier
The presumed grave of Major General Charles Worsley was discovered in the south east apsidal chapel of Henry VII's chapel in the late 19th century.
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Thomas Tompion
Scientist
Thomas Tompion, called the finest English clockmaker of all time, is buried in the centre part of the nave. The inscription on has been re-cut.
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Charles Berkeley, 1st Earl of Falmouth
Charles Berkeley, 1st Earl of Falmouth was buried in a vault in St John the Baptist's chapel in Westminster Abbey on 22nd June 1665.
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Sir Edward Elgar
Musician and Composer
A memorial to the eminent composer Sir Edward Elgar was unveiled in the north choir (or Musicians') aisle in Westminster Abbey on 1st June 1972.
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Paul Dirac
Scientist, Mathematician and Physicist
Probably the greatest English physicist since Newton, Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac was born on 8th August 1902 in Bristol. He was awarded the Nobel Prize.
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John Keats
Poet
In Poets' Corner is a small oval mural tablet with a lyre to John Keats. This is joined to an identical tablet for Percy Shelley.
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Sir Robert Stapylton
Playwright
Playwright Sir Robert Stapylton (or Stapleton) is buried in the south transept of Westminster Abbey. He seems never to have an inscribed gravestone.
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Richard Jones, Earl of Ranelagh
Richard Jones, 1st Earl of Ranelagh, his first wife, son and two daughters are buried in St John the Baptist's chapel in Westminster Abbey.
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George Goring, 1st Earl of Norwich
George Goring, 1st Earl of Norwich, was buried in St John the Baptist's chapel in Westminster Abbey on 14th January 1663. He has no monument.
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Henry Francis Lyte
Composer, Musician and Priest/Minister
In the south choir aisle is a memorial to hymn writer Henry Francis Lyte. The alabaster tablet was unveiled on 16th November 1947.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Poet
The over life-size marble bust of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was unveiled in 1884, on a pillar near to the tomb of Geoffrey Chaucer.
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Connop Thirlwall
Historian and Priest/Minister
Connop Thirlwall, historian and bishop of St David’s, is buried in Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey, in the same grave as his friend George Grote.
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Henry Grattan
Statesman
Henry Grattan, a statesman and defender of the rights of Ireland, was buried next to Charles James Fox in the north transept of Westminster Abbey.
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Phillips Brooks
Priest/Minister
In the south aisle of St Margaret's church is a memorial to American bishop Phillips Brooks, consisting of three panels of opus sectile work. He wrote the words to O Little Town of Bethlehem.
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Ezekiel Spanheim
Statesman
Ezekiel, Baron Spanheim was buried in St Paul's chapel. He was Ambassador Extraordinary from the King of Prussia to the Queen of Great Britain.
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Henry Francis Cary
Writer
Henry Francis Cary, translator of Dante's Divina Commedia into English is buried in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey, not far from Shakespeare's memorial.
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Sir John Alexander Macdonald
Politician
In the chapel of the Order of the Bath there is an enamelled stall plate for Sir John Alexander Macdonald, first Prime Minister of Canada.
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Ephraim Chambers
Writer
Ephraim Chambers, author of the English Encyclopedia, is buried in the north cloister. The white marble monument on the wall is by sculptor N. Hedges.
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Charles Smyth
Writer, Historian and Priest/Minister
On the south wall of St Margaret's church Westminster is an oval tablet to former Rector and Canon of Westminster Charles Hugh Egerton Smyth.