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...
{Beneath the Eyre family coat of arms:} 1821 1928 Site of Eyre Arms Tavern.
Donald Swann, 1923 - 1994, composer, songwriter and entertainer, lived here 1961 - 1994. The Battersea Society
Hillfield Park Golden Jubilee Garden Award, 3 June 2002. The Society for the Promotion of Historic Buildings
The Freemasons commissioned this memorial to mark the 300th anniversary of The United Grand Lodge of England in 2017 and the centenary of...
Why, you ask, is this plaque attached to a low, free-standing, purpose-built pillar thing rather than to the building? Because the build...
