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The Berners Street hoax is perpetrated by Theodore Hook in the City of Westminster, London.
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Berners Street hoax
1810 hoax in London, England
The Berners Street hoax was perpetrated by the writer Theodore Hook in London in 1810. After several weeks of preparation he made an apparently spontaneous bet with a friend that he could transform any property into the most talked-about address in London. Hook spent six weeks…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Theodore Hook
English intellectual and composer
Theodore Edward Hook was an English man of letters and composer and briefly a civil servant in Mauritius. He is best known for his practical jokes, particularly the Berners Street hoax in 1809. The world's first postcard was received by Hook in 1840; he likely posted it to…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
City of Westminster
City and borough in London, England
The City of Westminster is a London borough with city status in Greater London, England. It is the site of the United Kingdom's Houses of Parliament and much of the British government. It contains a large part of central London, including most of the West End, such as the major…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)