Sir Joseph Banks, 1743-1820, President of the Royal Society, Robert Brown, 1773-1858, and David Don 1800-1841, botanists, lived in a house on this site. The Linnean Society met here 1821-1857.
W1, Soho Square, 31-32
The lettering is above the right-most potted scrub. Incidentally, the photograph of the building catches a typical London sight - a van driver trying to escape before the uniformed warden completes his parking ticket.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Botanists
A. M. D. G. {Ad maiorem Dei gloriam, Latin for For the greater glory of God} These gates are dedicated in loving memory of John Dennis W...
There are two stone plaques either side of the entrance, low on the wall, and two, rather classier, plaques in the entrance lobby. Readi...
The Freemasons commissioned this memorial to mark the 300th anniversary of The United Grand Lodge of England in 2017 and the centenary of...
This small enamel plaque looks as if it was installed when the cottages were first constructed. There may be eight versions of this littl...
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