Find A Grave - Southwark Cathedral

Andrewes, Lancelot b. 1555 d. 1626
Anglican Church Leader. Bishop of Winchester and Dean of the Chapel Royal. A key figure in the develpment of the Anglican Church.
Southwark Cathedral, Southwark, Greater London, England
Cure, Thomas d. May 24, 1588
Thomas Cure, Esq. has an old & unique tomb in the nave.
Southwark Cathedral, Southwark, Greater London, England
Fletcher, John b. December 18, 1579 d. August 28, 1625 (circa)
Dramatist. He is best remembered as part of the English playwrighting team of Beaumont and Fletcher, famed for their tragicomedies, a hybrid genre they successfully revived on the Jacobean stage. Their work foreshadowed and influenced later Restoration drama. Among the dozen or so plays attributed to them are "The Woman Hater" (1606), "Philaster, or Love Lies a-Bleeding" (c. 1609), "The Maid's Tragedy" (c. 1609), "A King and No King" (1611), and "The Scornful Lady" (c. 1613). He probably also...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Southwark Cathedral, Southwark, Greater London, England
Gower, John d. 1408
Poet. Served as Poet Laureate to Kings Richard II and Henry IV. Called the 'first English poet' (because at that time most wrote in French or Latin). His works were known to Shakespeare and he appears in one of his plays. In his monument his head rests on his three famous books, Vox Clamantis (Latin), Speculum meditantis (French) and Confessio Amantis (English).
Southwark Cathedral, Southwark, Greater London, England
Hammerstein II., Oscar [memorial] b. July 12, 1895 d. August 23, 1960
Musical Comedy Author, Lyricist.
Southwark Cathedral, Southwark, Greater London, England
Plot: He was cremated at Ferncliff Cemetery
Harvard, John
The Harvard Chapel commemorates John Harvard, benefactor of Harvard University. He was baptized in this church in 1607.
Southwark Cathedral, Southwark, Greater London, England
Hollar, Wenceslas [memorial] b. July 13, 1607 d. March 25, 1677
Artist and engraver who died in poverty. His last words were addressed to the bailiffs asking them not to remove his bed.
Southwark Cathedral, Southwark, Greater London, England
Kemp, Will d. November 2, 1603
Shakespeare colleague, a comedian with an improvisational style who succeeded Richard Tarlton. He played the role of fool in many Shakespeare plays. His style fell from favour and he was replaced by Robert Armin. Selling his shares in the Globe theatre in 1599, he later undertook the curious feat of morris dancing from London to Norwich, which he wrote about in a pamphlet. His burial record simply describes 'Kempe, a man'. (Bio by: Mark McManus)
Southwark Cathedral, Southwark, Greater London, England
Plot: churchyard, unmarked
Lockyer, Lionel d. 1672
Quack doctor. Noted for his interesting epitaph.
Southwark Cathedral, Southwark, Greater London, England
Marchioness Memorial [memorial]
Erected in 1990, the memorial stone in Southwark Cathedral pays tribute to the 51 lives lost in the Marchioness boat tragedy. On August 20, 1989, more than 130 passengers were on the pleasure boat Marchioness when it collided with a dredger, the Bowbelle on the River Thames and sank near Southwark Bridge. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Southwark Cathedral, Southwark, Greater London, England
Massinger, Philip b. 1583 d. March 18, 1640
Playwright. One of the last important figures from the Golden Age of Elizabethan Theatre. His plays are noted for their tightly-woven plots and fast pace. Massinger is best-known for the comedy "A New Way to Pay Old Debts" (1627), whose main character, the avaricious Sir Giles Overreach, was long a favorite role among actors. "Believe as You List" (1631, now lost) got the playwright into trouble with London authorities because it speculated what would happen if England and Spain, bitter enemies...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Southwark Cathedral, Southwark, Greater London, England
Plot: below aisle with Fletcher, marked on slab
Number 37 Fire Force Memorial [memorial]
Erected in 1956, the memorial plaque is dedicated to the memory of the men and women from the Number 37 London Fire Force who died in the service of the United Kingdom during World War II, 1939 to 1945. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Cause of death: Casualty of war
Southwark Cathedral, Southwark, Greater London, England
Shakespeare, Edmond b. 1580 d. December 31, 1607
Brother of William Shakespeare.
Southwark Cathedral, Southwark, Greater London, England
Shakespeare, William [memorial] b. April 23, 1564 d. April 23, 1616
Playwright. Unquestionably the most famous English Language writer in history, his body of work is so loved and so studied that it has been translated into more languages than any other printed work except the bible. He was born in 1564 to a farmer and gentry and from a very early age showed an interest in storytelling. By 1592, he had established himself as a talented writer and actor the theater of London but when plague closed the London theatres for two years he toured and in the...[Read More]
Southwark Cathedral, Southwark, Greater London, England
Trehearne, John d. 1600
'Gentleman Portar to King James the First.'
Southwark Cathedral, Southwark, Greater London, England
Wanamaker, Sam [memorial] b. June 14, 1919 d. December 18, 1993
Actor, Director. The son of Ukrainian Jewish immigrants, he attended Drake University, Iowa and trained as an actor at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago. In 1940 he married Charlotte Holland, by whom he had three daughters -Abby, Jessica and the actress Zoe Wanamaker - and saw service during World War II with the US Army in the South Pacific (1943 to 1946). In 1949 he visited the site of the old Globe Theatre on London's South Bank and was dismayed to find that only a plaque on the wall of a...[Read More] (Bio by: geoffrey gillon)
Southwark Cathedral, Southwark, Greater London, England

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