Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)
Robert Louis Stevenson, novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer, was born at 8 Howard Place, Edinburgh on November 13 1850. His father, Thomas Stevenson, was one of a long line of distinguished lighthouse engineers that had built all the lighthouses surrounding the Scottish coast. (more…)
Clarkson Frederick Stanfield (1793-1867)
Clarkson Stanfield was a prominent English painter who was known for his large-scale paintings of dramatic marine subjects and landscapes. The art critic John Ruskin called him the “leader of our English Realists”. (more…)
Francis Owen Salisbury (1874-1962)
Francis Owen Salisbury (18 December 1874 – 31 August 1962) was an English artist known on both sides of the Atlantic as ‘Britain’s Painter Laureate’ who specialised in portraits, large canvases of historical and ceremonial events, stained glass and book illustration. (more…)
Ernest Raymond (1888-1974)
Ernest Raymond was a British novelist who was best known for his novel Tell England. (more…)
James Ramsay MacDonald
James Ramsay Macdonald was one of the three principal founders of the Labour party; he was a leader of the party and the first Labour Prime Minister. (more…)
Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889)
Gerard Manley Hopkins was the eldest of nine children born to Manley and Catherine Hopkins. Manley, the founder of a marine insurance company, was also an accomplished amateur poet and composer. (more…)
Sir David Low (1891-1963)
Sir David Alexander Cecil Low was a self-taught caricaturist and cartoonist. He was born in New Zealand, migrated to Sydney in 1911 and came to London in 1919, where he stayed and made his career and his home. (more…)
The Northern Heights Circuit
London’s open air museum: buildings, famous people, nature, social history.
HIGHGATE NORTH HILL – The most architecturally diverse residential street in London?
The Northern Heights Partnership
The Northern Heights Partnership is an alliance of four not-for-profit organisations, co-ordinated by the Highgate Society, whose common aim is to protect and promote the historic heritage and natural beauty of London’s Northern Heights. (more…)
Helping in community and civic affairs
The Society has supported a number of important local community projects, such as the saving and renovation of Hampstead Town Hall as an arts and educational centre, (more…)
