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Robert Tressell

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Robert Tressell Famous memorial

Original Name
Noonan
Birth
Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Death
3 Feb 1911 (aged 40)
Liverpool, Metropolitan Borough of Liverpool, Merseyside, England
Burial
Walton, Metropolitan Borough of Liverpool, Merseyside, England GPS-Latitude: 53.4563986, Longitude: -2.9692375
Plot
Plot T. Grave 11. (public)
Memorial ID
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Author. He wrote the controversial novel "The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists." This book about socialist ideology was published in 1914, three years after Noonan's death from tuberculosis. It has since been translated into several languages and been reprinted many times.
Author. He wrote the controversial novel "The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists." This book about socialist ideology was published in 1914, three years after Noonan's death from tuberculosis. It has since been translated into several languages and been reprinted many times.

Bio by: C.S.


Inscription

Author as Robert Tressell of "The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists"

Gravesite Details

Robert is buried under his real name of Noonan - this listing as Tressell is incorrect; his 'pen-name' though an older stone way-marker in the Cemetary lists him as Tressell (older than this current gravestone from 1970.)


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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Originally Created by: C.S.
  • Added: Jun 26, 2006
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14739278/robert-tressell: accessed ), memorial page for Robert Tressell (17 Apr 1870–3 Feb 1911), Find a Grave Memorial ID 14739278, citing Walton Park Cemetery, Walton, Metropolitan Borough of Liverpool, Merseyside, England; Maintained by Find a Grave.