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Henriette Raphael gave her name to the first purpose-built nurses' home at Guy's Hospital which opened in 1902 & was funded by donations from her husband, Henry Raphael & her sons Walter & Herbert. The home was the first of its kind in London.
SE1, Great Maze Pond, Guy's Hospital - Memorial Park
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Entrance to the Henriette Raphael building
Wife to Henry Raphael, a wealthy Jewish banker, and mother to his 12 children...
The Henriette Raphael Building at Guy's Hospital.
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Entrance to the Henriette Raphael building
Henry Lewis Raphael had 12 children with his wife Henriette. Walter, the 6th ...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Entrance to the Henriette Raphael building
The Henriette Raphael Nurses' Home, erected by Henry Lewis Raphael in memory ...
Two extensive information panels in the corner give the background to this unusual display, so we've transcribed them here: The station ...
The garden is normally locked so the annual Open Garden Squares Day may be your only chance to see this.
This is a small, simple monument, placed at pavement level, not raised on a plinth. Despite this, it has a dignity and gravitas that many...
This lamp-post is on one side of a flight of steps. The other side, as you see, is a building site soon to be the Pinnacle. Behind the ca...
Most of the text is professionally carved but 'Davey' is less skillful. Something about this memorial makes us think that Davey was a pet.
