Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, 1836 - 1919, was born in a house formerly on this site. The first woman to be registered as a medical practitioner and surgeon. Founder of the first hospital for and staffed by women.
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
E1, Commercial Road, Metropolitan University, 41-47
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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson - birth
Born in Whitechapel. She was the first female doctor to be trained in Britain...
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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson - birth
The name was originally applied to the Tower division of the county of Middle...
The palmette is a common decorative motif used in Greek, and in this instance Greek revival, architecture. It can also be seen along the ...
LCC Charles James Fox, 1749 - 1806, statesman, lived here.
The plaque has the name as "Spier and Pond" but this should read "Spiers and Pond".
Spender rented the ground floor and basement of this building, the upper floors of which were damaged in WW2.
Hampden Gurney Schools Erected A. D. 1863 in memory of John Hampden Gurney, MA, Rector of St Mary's, Marylebone.
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