Erection date: 2013
Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1889 - 1951, pre-eminent Viennese philosopher & mathematician, worked incognito at Guy's Hospital pharmacy as drugs porter and ointment maker, 1941 - 1942.
Memorial donated by Guy's John Fry Group 2013.
SE1, Guy's Hospital, The Colonnade
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesof london.co.uk
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Ludwig Wittgenstein
Philosopher. Born Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein in Neuwaldeggerstrasse, Ne...
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Ludwig Wittgenstein
This is possibly the same group of Guy's alumni who gather each October for a...
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Ludwig Wittgenstein
Dr John Fry, 1922 - 1994, pioneering family doctor, world renowned researcher...
Barnado Gardens. This block was built by the London County Council in 1957. It was named after Dr Thomas Barnardo (1845 - 1905), who open...
These two plaques tell a complex story which we only fully understood once we found this UCL paper. Erskine Clarke, vicar of St Mary's C...
The house was demolished in 1880 and we have failed to find a picture of it. At the time this section of street may have been called Cla...
David Devant, 1868 - 1941, magician, lived here in flat no. 1. English Heritage
The plaque seems to have been erected to celebrate 34 years which seems odd.
Councillor on the Committee for the 1901 Shoreditch Town Hall Extension.
Born in Coburg into the family ruling the German duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (now in Bavaria). Joined the Imperial Russian Army and fought Napoleon. On his defeat Leopold moved to London and marr...
Sculptor. Born Lyon. Made his reputation in 1749 with the tomb of the Duke of Argyll in Westminster Abbey. Died penniless.
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