Person    | Female  Born 1789  Died 1866

Elizabeth Jesser Reid

Founder of Bedford College, anti-slavery activist and philanthropist.

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Elizabeth Jesser Reid

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Bedford College & E Jesser Reid

Bedford College for Women University of London, founded here in 1849 by Eliza...

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Henry Leeke

Henry Leeke

Founder of St Olave's Grammar School. Southwark brewer. Lived at the foot of London Bridge by Pepper Alley. Bequeathed money for the school.

Person, Education

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Royal Holloway College

Royal Holloway College

Founded as a women-only college by Thomas Holloway in 1879 on the Mount Lee Estate in Egham. Sir Nikolaus Pevsner called the original college building (now listed Grade 1) "the most ebullient Victo...

Group, Education

1 memorial
Lieutenant Walter Leonard Elliott

Lieutenant Walter Leonard Elliott

Walter Leonard Elliott was born on 30 November 1891 in Shepherds Bush, London, the second of the four children of Frederick Elliot (1857-1940) and Harriett Elliot née Green (1861-1934). His birth w...

Person, Armed Forces, Education, France

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Putney School of Art

Putney School of Art

Founded by William Lancaster, Baron Pollock and Sir Arthur Jelf.  For the first 11 years this was based in rooms over the parish offices in Putney High Street.  Lancaster then funded the freehold s...

Group, Art, Education

1 memorial
W. H. Hall

W. H. Hall

Erstwhile superintendent of London Central District Schools from 1888 to 1900.

Person, Education

1 memorial