Daniel Mendoza, pugilist, 1764 - 1836, English champion who proudly billed himself as 'Mendoza the Jew', lived here when writing 'The Art of Boxing'.
Tower Hamlets Environment Trust
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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Daniel Mendoza
Pugilist. Born in the Aldgate parish, date uncertain (possibly 1765). Champi...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Daniel Mendoza
The Harvard plaque does not explain why it is here, on this particular spot. Possibly his father's butcher's shop was here. The Anti-fas...
Great Portland Street is a London Underground station on the Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines.
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London County Council Thomas Young, 1773 - 1829, man of science, lived here.
The west face is framed with pilasters each side, decorated with emblems of "war" to the left and "peace" to the right. Carved in the sto...
We were contacted by the people at London Street Views who are researching the Street Views of 1838 - 47, produced by John Tallis. They h...
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A physician specialising in kidney problems, he was credited with the discovery of Bright's Disease (now called Glomerulonephritis or Nephritis) through his research on patients who exhibited drops...
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