Anthony Trollope - Westminster Abbey, London, UK
N 51° 29.985 W 000° 07.636
30U E 699386 N 5709314
This memorial, for the novelist Anthony Trollope, is set into the floor of Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey. Trollope was born in 1815 and died in 1882. He is buried in Kensal Green Cemetery in London.
Waymark Code: WM13HFH
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 12/18/2020
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The
inscription in the marble slab reads:
ANTHONY
TROLLOPE
Novelist & Public Servant
Pioneer of the Postal Services
The creator of Barsetshire
1815-1882
Now I stretch out my hand
and from the further shore I bid
adieu to all who have cared
to read any among the many
words that I have written
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The Westminster
Abbey website has an article about Anthony Trollope that tells
us:
A
memorial stone to Anthony Trollope, novelist, was unveiled in
Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey by Prime Minister John
Major on 25th March 1993. The slate stone was lettered by
Sarah More and is below the memorial to Edward Lear. The
quotation is from the last line of Trollope's autobiography.
Anthony was born on 24th April 1815 in London, a son of Thomas
Trollope, a barrister, and his wife Frances (Milton). He was
educated at Harrow School and Winchester College and became a
clerk in the Post Office. Later he moved to Ireland and
married Rose Heseltine. Their sons were Henry and Frederick.
While on an assignment in the Channel Islands he introduced
roadside letter boxes (pillar boxes) and the idea spread
through the whole of Britain. His first successful novel was
The Warden and its sequel Barchester Towers is well known. He
followed these with more novels set in the fictional county of
Barsetshire. He died on 6th December 1882 after a stroke and
was buried at Kensal Green cemetery in London.
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Note:
With
the re-opening of Westminster Abbey after Covid-19 lockdown
photography, for private use, has been allowed in most areas
of the Abbey when services are not taking place (see here).
There is an entry fee payable to enter the Abbey that is
currently £18 for an adult (December, 2020).
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