Plaque for Thomas and John Park in Church Row
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Plaque for Thomas and John Park in Church Row
Image: © Natasha Ceridwen de Chroustchoff Taken: 6 Jan 2009
It says: Thomas Park F.S.A. "The poetical antiquary", born 1759, died 1834, and his son, John James Park, author of the first History of Hampstead, born 1795, died 1833, lived here. Erected by The Hampstead Antiquarian and Historical Society, 1909. Thomas Park was a noted antiquarian, bibliographer, engraver and an expert on early English poetry; his son John James Park, the first Professor of English Law and Jurisprudence at King's College London, was educated at home and shared his father's interest in antiquarianism, publishing a well-received volume on the history of Hampstead at the age of 16
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