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Gravestone in the grounds of St Pancras Old Church, London.

Johann Christian Bach
German Composer
Youngest son of
Johann Sebastian Bach
Born in Leipzig 1735
Died in London 1782
Buried in these gardensJohann Christian Bach lived in London for twenty years, and became known as "the English Bach".

He tutored a young Mozart for several months, and influenced the career of Haydn, by promoting his music in London.



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St Pancras Old Church, Somers Town, London, August 2023.

Sitting between the old route of the buried River Fleet and the railway line into St Pancras Station, there has been a church on this site since Anglo-Saxon times.

People buried in the grounds include composer Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian Bach), architect John Soane, and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft (mother of author Mary Shelley) - although she is now buried elsewhere.

Also of note is a collection of gravestones assembled by author Thomas Hardy (*Tess of the d*'*Urbervilles*) from when he was working as an architect during a time when part of the churchyard was being resumed to enable extra railway lines to run into St Pancras Station.

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