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Harvard University

Categories: Education

Countries: USA

One of the most prestigious American universities, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Named after its first benefactor John Harvard.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Harvard University

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Queen's Head Inn, Southwark

The "Queen's Head Inn", owned by the family of John Harvard, founder of Harva...

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Central London District Schools

Central London District Schools

There are several different names which all apply to the same institution. The Central London School District was formed in 1849, when the school district's board acquired a privately owned buildi...

Building, Education

2 memorials
Inner London Education Authority

Inner London Education Authority

When LCC was replaced with the GLC the body responsible for education became ILEA.  Disliked by Thatcher, ILEA survived a number of attempts to abolish it but succumbed in 1990.  Thereafter the loc...

Group, Education, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Winifred Darch

Winifred Darch

Author and teacher. Born in Brighton. A prolific writer of novels, mainly for girls. From 1906 to 1935, she worked as a teacher and housemistress at the High School for Girls, Loughton. We cannot f...

Person, Education, Literature

1 memorial
Royal Ballet School

Royal Ballet School

Originally founded by Ninette de Valois as the Academy of Choreographic Art. Its students are chosen purely for their dancing talent and not for any academic ability. Famous dancers and choreograph...

Group, Children, Dance, Education

1 memorial
Yaichi Takami

Yaichi Takami

Became a student at UCL in 1865.

Person, Education, Japan

1 memorial