Inscription
Here lived Philip Henry Gosse, 1810 - 1888, zoologist.
Sir Edmund Gosse, 1849 - 1928, writer and critic born here.
Greater London Council
Site: Philip and Edmund Gosse (1 memorial)
N1, Mortimer Road, 56
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Philip and Edmund Gosse
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Sir Edmund Gosse
Born 13 Trafalgar Terrace (now 56 Mortimer Road), Hackney, son of Philip Goss...
Philip Henry Gosse
Zoologist. Born Worcester. 1827 sailed to Newfoundland where his interest i...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Philip and Edmund Gosse
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Greater London Council
Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could...
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