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Dr W. Somerset Maugham CH

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William Somerset Maugham 1874-1965 novelist and playwright lived here 1919-1923 "To acquire a habit for reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life"

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Source: Open Plaques. Geographic data via OpenStreetMap.

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  • Wikidata, available under the CC0 1.0 Universal dedication.
  • © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence.
  • Historic England, National Heritage List for England, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. War memorial records are drawn from open community datasets (OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NHLE) — never from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, which is excluded.

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