Person    | Male  Born 11/4/1827  Died 11/2/1892

James Augustus Grant

Categories: Exploring

Countries: Africa, Scotland

James Augustus Grant

Explorer. born Nairn, Scotland.

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James Augustus Grant

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Speke

'Victoria Nyanza' means 'Lake Victoria'.

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George Chambers

George Chambers

Role on the lost expedition: Boy on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.

Person, Exploring, Tragedy

1 memorial
John S. Peddie

John S. Peddie

Role on the lost expedition: Officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.

Person, Exploring, Tragedy

1 memorial
Sir Martin Frobisher

Sir Martin Frobisher

Privateer, explorer, and naval commander.  Born Normanton, Yorkshire, birth date approximate.  Aged 15 sent to London to learn a trade at his uncle's, who was a merchant adventurer.  Frobisher expl...

Person, Exploring

1 memorial

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Hugh Price Hughes

Hugh Price Hughes

WC1, Taviton Street, 8

Hugh Price Hughes, 1847 - 1902, Methodist preacher lived and died here. English Heritage

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Thames Tunnel - Rotherhithe

Thames Tunnel - Rotherhithe

SE16, Brunel Road, Rotherhithe Station

The plaque is at the bottom of the escalators and stairs.

3 subjects commemorated, 3 creators
St Luke's Parochial Schools

St Luke's Parochial Schools

St Luke's Old Street Conservation Plan (a pdf) refers to "History of St Luke's School" by M. Routledge, 1989, a book or leaflet, we assume.

Building, Education

6 memorials
Worshipful Society of Apothecaries

Worshipful Society of Apothecaries

A London livery company. Originally part of the Grocers’ Company, they separated when they were granted their own royal charter in 1617. The Apothecaries Act of 1815 granted them the power to lice...

Group, Medicine

1 memorial
Covid memorial

Covid memorial

SE1, Albert Embankment

This work consists of approximately 240,000 red and pink hearts, one for each of the UK Covid deaths. Volunteers created this mural and,...

1 subject commemorated, 2 creators