Michael Ventris, 1922 - 1956, architect and decipherer of Linear B script.
English Heritage
NW3, North End, 19
A trained architect, Ventris and his wife designed this house for themselves and their family.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Michael Ventris
Architect and decipherer of Linear B script. While still at school he heard ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Michael Ventris
English Heritage C. R. Cockerell, 1788 - 1863, architect and antiquary, lived and died here.
Above this large, plain, plaque there is a small ornate stone with "G.S." on a shield surrounded with foliage, quite badly damaged. Whic...
Jack Beresford, 1899 - 1977, Olympic rowing champion, lived here, 1903 - 1940. English Heritage
Seems they found so little information about this theatre that they filled the space on the plaque with tautology (specific dates and '17...
Sorry about the poor picture of the shop but when we visited there was a solid wall of buses down Regent Street.
Anti-slavery campaigner. Born Scotland. Made a fortune working for the British East India Company of which he became Chairman. The death of two of his children brought about a religious conversi...
Person, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Religion, Scotland
Born Berlin. As a left-wing Jew he decided to leave Germany as Hitler rose to power. Signed himself "Vicky". Click on external site for more information and to see some of his work. Committed s...
Designed by Gerald Holtom as a nuclear disarmament logo for the first Aldermaston March, which took place Easter, 4–7 April 1958. From the Hackney Gazette: "Gerald had first presented the symbol t...
