The Edgar Wallace is a public house at 40–41 Essex Street, London WC2, at the corner with Devereux Court.

The Edgar Wallace in 2010

The pub dates back to 1777, and was originally The Essex Head.[1] The landlord then was Samuel Greaves, a former servant of the Thrale family where Samuel Johnson had lodged and Johnson and his friend Richard Brocklesby established the Essex Head Club in the tavern in 1783.[2]

It was renamed in 1975 to commemorate the crime writer Edgar Wallace's birth centenary.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Essex Street" in Christopher Hibbert; Ben Weinreb; John Keay; Julia Keay (2010). The London Encyclopaedia. London: Pan Macmillan. p. 277. ISBN 978-0-230-73878-2.
  2. ^ James Sambrook, "Essex Head Club (act. 1783–1794)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004–2016. Retrieved 17 November 2016. (subscription required)
  3. ^ Edgar Wallace, London. Robert Gale, Travels with Beer. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
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