Erection date: 1965
Israel Zangwill, 1864 - 1926, writer and philanthropist, lived here.
London County Council
E2, Old Ford Road, 288
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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Israel Zangwill
Writer and philanthropist. Born in Ebenezer Square, Whitechapel. He became de...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Israel Zangwill
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