{On the main, round plaque:}
LCC
John Hunter, 1728 - 1793, surgeon, lived here.
{On the subsidiary, oblong plaque:}
Tablet fixed, 1907.
Premises rebuilt & tablet refixed, 1931.
W1, Golden Square, 31
Actually in Upper St John Street. The plaques can just be seen in the site photograph, at the far end of the white building.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
John Hunter plaque
Pioneer anatomist and surgeon. Born in East Kilbride, Scotland. He left schoo...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
John Hunter plaque
Prior to the LCC London matters were run by church parishes. The LCC was the ...
The wording of this plaque is almost identical to that on the one that the Queen unveiled, plaque 2.
This fine building was probably erected in 1928 replacing a previous building, which we bet didn't have a ball-court on the roof.
Cons was not herself wealthy so it seems odd to describe her as a philanthropist, and the plaque has her birth year wrong, according to t...
Collecting gravestones is not part of our mission, but we have transcribed the gravestone as best we can - there may be mis-readings.
This photo, the only close-up image we can find of this lost plaque, is from Sputnik Mediabank where it is captioned "Memorial plate on d...
The atomic bomb named "Little Boy" was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan by the Enola Gay, a Boeing B-29 bomber, on 6 August at 8:15 in the morning. "Fat Man" was dropped on Nagasaki by the Bockscar, on ...
Rector of St. Antholins including the old parish of St John the Baptist upon Walbrook. Gordon had been vicar in Edwinston, Nottinghamshire. In 1827 he became rector at St. Antholins and that same...
Dramatist, composer, writer and theatre proprietor. Employed Grimaldi at Sadler's Wells. Charles Isaac Mungo Dibdin was known professionally as Charles Pitt or Charles Dibdin the younger. Born in R...
Artist who portrayed London during its 19th century developments. Born in France but christened at St Luke Old Street. Younger brother of George Sidney Shepherd, also an artist. Died 5 Cloudesley S...
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