John Keats and Henry Stephens blue plaque

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# 3 St. Thomas Street Standing at this modest address on the Borough side of the Thames, you're standing in a room where two ambitious young men carved out their futures in the shadow of the hospital's ancient stones. In 1815 and 1816, John Keats and Henry Stephens shared these lodgings while simul...

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3 St. Thomas Street

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On this site poet & apothecary John Keats, & his friend, the poet, apothecary, surgeon & chemist Henry Stephens shared lodgings while studying at Guy's & St. Thomas' Hospitals (1815-1816)