Person    | Male  Born 12/12/1838  Died 17/3/1933

William Cawthorne Unwin

Categories: Education, Engineering

Civil and mechanical engineer. Born Essex. 1900 he became the first London University professor of engineering. Died unmarried, at his home, 7 Palace Gate Mansions, 29 Palace Gate.

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William Cawthorne Unwin

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Skempton Building plaques

2018: Eamonn Doyle has written to correct our "east to west", saying that the...

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Robert Bell

Robert Bell

Elizabethan seafarer. With Peter Hill he co-founded the St Mary Rotherhithe Free School, to educate the sons of local seafarers. In the nearby church of St Mary the Virgin there is a brass plate co...

Person, Education, Philanthropy, Transport

1 memorial
Bedford Institute / Quaker Social Action

Bedford Institute / Quaker Social Action

Established in the East End as the Bedford Institute Association to act on Education, Religious Effort, Moral Training, and Relief of the sick and destitute. Named for the Quaker silk merchant and ...

Group, Education, Religion, Social Welfare

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Theophilus Gale

Theophilus Gale

Nonconformist minister and teacher.  Born Devon. Buried in Bunhill burial ground.

Person, Education, Religion

1 memorial
Pimlico Grammar School

Pimlico Grammar School

Architect was J.P. Gandy Deering.  The British Museum's drawing is from 1832. Built as a non-conformist private academy for boys but the school only lasted a few years. ‘Ian Fleming’ by Andrew Lyc...

Building, Education, Property

1 memorial
Evelyn Underhill

Evelyn Underhill

Christian mystic, novelist and pacifist. Born Wolverhampton. 1907 married the barrister Hubert Stuart Moore, whom she had known since childhood, with no issue. Died Hampstead.

Person, Education, Philosophy, Religion

1 memorial