Caroline DeCamp Benn - Holland Park Avenue, London, UK
N 51° 30.509 W 000° 12.092
30U E 694195 N 5710085
This brown plaque indicates that the author, Caoline DeCamp Benn, "lived and worked here 1952 - 2000". The plaque is attached to a building on the north west side of Holland Park Avenue.
Waymark Code: WMTWXE
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/16/2017
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The full wording on the brown plaque reads:
Born Cincinnati USA 1926
Caroline
DeCamp
Benn
Author teacher
and socialist
lived and
worked here
1952 - 2000
Died London 2000
The London Remembers website has an article about Caroline DeCamp Benn that tells us:
Educationalist and writer. Born Cincinnati, Ohio. She came to Britain in 1948 to study at Oxford. There she met Tony Benn, who became her husband. An advocate of comprehensive education, she co-founded the Campaign for Comprehensive Education. Her writings include a biography of the Labour pioneer Keir Hardie. Died at Charing Cross Hospital.