About Francis Sheppard
Lived 1921 – 2018 (aged 96). Francis Sheppard was a British historian.
Francis Henry Wollaston Sheppard (10 September 1921 – 22 January 2018) was a historian of London and topographical writer who was responsible for many of the volumes in the Survey of London. He was described by Andrew Saint as "London's greatest topographical writer since John Stow".
Selected publications Local Government in Marylebone 1688–1835 (1958) London 1808–1870: The Infernal Wen (1971) The Treasury of London's Past (1991) London: A History (1998)
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British historian
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Francis Sheppard was born on 10 September 1921.
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Francis Sheppard died on 22 January 2018.
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Francis Sheppard was a historian.
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