Person    | Male  Born 27/10/1858  Died 6/1/1919

Theodore Roosevelt

President of USA 1901 - 1909. The Teddy bear was named after him (following a cartoon of a hunting trip he had attended). Franklin D. Roosevelt was a distant cousin. Born and died New York.

2022: NBC headline: "Controversial Teddy Roosevelt statue removed from outside New York City museum The bronze sculpture of Roosevelt on horseback with Native American and African figures depicted subjugation and racial inferiority, the American Museum of Natural History said."

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Theodore Roosevelt

Commemorated ati

Wine Office Court

The Rhymers' Club is not specifically mentioned on the plaque but Ye Olde Che...

Read More

Other Subjects

Andrew Johnston

Andrew Johnston

Politician. His Wikipedia page shows that he was elected as a Liberal Party Member of Parliament for the southern division of Essex in 1868, but lost the seat at the 1874 election. He was appointed...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
George Croydon Marks

George Croydon Marks

Engineer and politician. Born in Eltham. He was apprenticed at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. In 1882 he joined Tangye Ltd in Birmingham and became head of the lifting-machinery department and an exp...

Person, Engineering, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Cecil Douglas Woodward, CBE, Deputy

Cecil Douglas Woodward, CBE, Deputy

Commoner on the City Lands & Bridge House Estates Committee, 1994.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Trinity House

Trinity House

Trinity House is the general lighthouse authority for England, Wales and the Channel Islands, a deep sea pilotage authority which also administers charitable funds mostly connected with seafarers. ...

Group, Politics & Administration

4 memorials
Simon Hughes

Simon Hughes

Politician. Born Simon Henry Ward Hughes. Elected as M.P. for Bermondsey in 1983.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

Previously viewed

Michael Faraday - SE1

Michael Faraday - SE1

SE1, Newington Butts, University of the Arts

Michael Faraday the father of modern electrical science was born near here. Historic Southwark 

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Rev. Henry Allon

Rev. Henry Allon

Born near Hull.  Joint pastor of the Islington Union Chapel from 1843/4 with Thomas Lewis, taking sole charge on Lewis's death in 1852, until his own death.   Friends with Gladstone and Asquith (wh...

Person, Religion

1 memorial
Marc Bolan shrine - noticeboard

Marc Bolan shrine - noticeboard

SW13, Queen's Ride

This site has evolved over the years from flowers place around the tree to become the shrine that it is today.  The steps were probably i...

1 subject commemorated
Laurence Olivier statue

Laurence Olivier statue

SE1, South Bank, National Theatre waterfront

Unveiled by Sir Richard Attenborough, Larry‘s son, Tarquin and widow, Joan Plowright. The list of "principal contributors" has some surpr...

1 subject commemorated, 45 creators
Robert Aske

Robert Aske

Son of a draper. Worked as a haberdasher; 1643 became a Freeman of the Haberdashers Company; 1666 elected an Alderman of the City of London. He became Master of the Haberdashers' Company. But the r...

Person, Philanthropy, Race Issues

1 memorial