Julian Barnett
London’s Eternal Residents: A Tour of Remarkable Graves in London
Summary
Some of London’s greatest citizens live on, so to speak, in their remarkable grave sites. From Sir Francis Burton’s mausoleum designed as a stone Bedouin tent to architect Sir John Soanes’s gravestone inspired by London’s iconic red telephone booths, enjoy a unique tour into this great city’s rich and fabulous history.
Julian Barnett
Julian Barnett is a teacher, collector, tour guide, and writer with a specialist interest in ultra-orthodoxy within the various faiths. For the last 35 years, he has been investigating and documenting the most extreme sects of the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim worlds. His experiences and travels were serialized in the Jerusalem Report and also broadcast on BBC Radio Four Religion. Outside of his full-time history teaching post at Southbank International School, Portland Place, London, Julian lectures at numerous venues around the UK and beyond. In 2013 Julian was a joint winner of the National Teacher of the Year Award.
Yes, Wilson is renowned for clergymen and women. Some of the Booth family is buried in Wilson Cemetery. The members of the Booth family who founded the Salvation Army are buried at Abney Park Cemetery.
Oscar Wilde’s memorial is behind Trafalgar Square, in a little alleyway between The Strand and Trafalgar Square behind the church designed by James Gibbs.
It represents his death and the Commonwealth periods.