Edward Lear - Stratford Place
Wilfred Lawson
Tropical sickness
Great Forest of Essex
Hoxton War Memorial
Margaret and Rachel McMillan
Thames Tunnel Mill

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Thomas Hood

Thomas Hood

Born 23/5/1799, 214 years ago

Born 31 Poultry and died at home in Devonshire Lodge, London.Example: "Ben Battle was a soldier bold, And used to war's alarms, But a cannon-ball took off his legs, So he laid down his arms."

Person, Humour, Poetry

4 memorials

Mark Lemon

Mark Lemon

Died 23/5/1870, 143 years ago

Co-founder and first editor of "Punch". Born Oxford Street. Aged 8, when his father died he was sent to live with his paternal grandparents at Church Farm House. Also founded "The Field" and was ...

Person, Journalism / Publishing

1 memorial

Carl Linnaeus

Carl Linnaeus

Born 23/5/1707, 306 years ago

Born Stenbrohult, Småland in southern Sweden. Inventor of a system for naming, ranking, and classifying organisms. One of the great collectors of the 18th century. At his death Joseph Banks tried b...

Person, Science, Sweden

1 memorial

Joe Slovo

Joe Slovo

Born 23/5/1926, 87 years ago

South African freedom fighter. Born Lithuania. His family emigrated to South Africa when he was 8. Married First in 1949. died at home in Johannesburg, as a member of Nelson Mandela's government.

Person, Nationalism, Race Issues, Lithuania, South Africa

1 memorial

Opening of St John the Evangelist garden

Opening of St John the Evangelist garden

Started 23/5/1885, 128 years ago

Event, Gardens / Agriculture

1 memorial

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