{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
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