Plaque

Mary Kingsley

Mary Kingsley Mary Kingsley
Inscription

Greater London Council
Mary Kingsley, 1862 - 1900, traveller and ethnologist, lived here as a child.

Site: Mary Kingsley (1 memorial)

N6, Southwood Lane, 22

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Mary Kingsley

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Mary Kingsley

Traveller and ethnologist. Born Islington as Mary Henrietta Kingsley. Only af...

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Mary Kingsley

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Greater London Council

Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could...

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