Erection date: 2002
On this site, poet & apothecary John Keats, & his friend, the poet, apothecary, surgeon & chemist Henry Stephens, shared lodgings while studying at Guy's & St Thomas' hospitals, (1815-1816).
Guy's & St. Thomas' Charities Foundation
Unveiled as part of the 'Re-weaving Rainbows' event of National Science Week 2002.
SE1, St Thomas Street, 8
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Keats and Stephens
Born 24 Moorfields Pavement Row, Finsbury. This was the Swan and Hoop pub, wh...
Doctor and Inventor. Born Finchley. He invented an indelible blue-black ink. ...
Founded by Thomas Guy in concept in 1721 but it was not until 6 January 1725 ...
Named after Thomas a Becket, so possibly founded after 1173 when Becket was c...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Keats and Stephens
It can trace its origins back to 1553, when King Edward VI re-established St ...
Watch-house, erected 1791, destroyed 1941, rebuilt 1962.
The stones are on the pavement by the blue street sign that you can see in our photo.
The architectural salvage items are distributed around the edge of this garden. The foundation stone is to the left of our photo; the Sch...
At some point between the 60s and 80s the memorial was moved to the company's Cambridgeshire site. When the business was sold Jonathan My...
{Beneath a representation of a Victoria Cross medal:} Commander Gordon Campbell, Royal Navy, 17th February 1917.
