Erection date: 27/3/2015
A. J. Cronin, 1896 - 1981, Scottish novelist and General Practitioner, practised in this house, 1926 - 1930.
Royal College of General Practitioners
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W11, Westbourne Grove, 152
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A. J. Cronin
Novelist and general practitioner. Born Dumbartonshire as Archibald Joseph Cr...
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A. J. Cronin
Founded in London. Instituted in November 1952, and granted its Royal Charter...
{On the central plaque:} This stone was laid by J. Passmore Edwards Esq 19 October 1900 Mark Dalton - Chairman of Vestry Arthur H. Valent...
The plaque is on the ground near the Lewisham war memorial.
The text suggests that the stone came from the original 1812 building but the style does not look old enough. Despite the layout, the ent...
Our Greek consultant, David Hopkins, transcribed the Greek quotation and writes: “This phrase appears several times in the Odyssey. The m...
Author and chartist supporter. Born in the High Street, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland. He studied medicine before becoming a newspaper editor. Best known for his work 'Self-Help' which promote...
Tenor singer. Born Farnham. Lived with Benjamin Britten, who composed for him, from 1943 until Britten's death in 1976. Died in the home they shared, the Red House, Aldeburgh.
Actor. Born Jennifer Ann Agutter in Taunton, Somerset. Best remembered for playing the role of 'Bobbie' in the 1970 film version of the Railway Children. She had played the same role in a televisio...
Physicist. Worked on DNA X-ray diffraction studies 1953 at King's College London with Franklin, Gosling, Stokes and Wilkins. Our picture shows, Left to right: Gosling, Wilson, Wilkins, Stokes. In...
A London Inheritance has a photo of this plaque shortly after its unveiling on a remaining wall of a bombed building.
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