Sir Alexander Fleming, 1881-1955, discovered penicillin in the second storey room above this plaque.
W2, Praed Street, St Mary's Hospital
Credit for this entry to: Bob Baker, Alan Patient
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Sir Alexander Fleming - W2
Born Lochfield, Scotland. Pharmacologist and bacteriologist who discovered pe...
Scipio Africanus Mussabini, 1867 - 1927, athletics coach, lived here. English Heritage
Eagle House built 1773. The surviving south wing refurbished 2008. The Clapham Society
An information board in the garden tells us about a memorial but we can't find it. Can anyone help? "On the 13th April 1994 the Prime Mi...
In our 2003 photo you can see two plaques: the one sticking out of the wall is in Braille. You can also see a corner of our fair city whi...
London County Council William Huskisson, 1770 - 1830, statesman lived here.
It's odd that the plaque is placed here rather than at the almshouses at the other end of the road. Possibly the Count had a house here,...
Could "R.C.R.B." be the initials of a former name for the borough: "Royal Chelsea R. . . . Borough" for example? It certainly seems to indicate the organisation responsible for the plaque.
A time capsule is buried beneath this monument. From Londonist: "The box, filled with first world war memorabilia, is fashioned from the...
We cannot explain what this plaque is doing here. The MAIDIC is mentioned in the London Gazette of 12/6/1928 in connection with the land...
Composer, music teacher, and conductor. Born Dublin as Charles Villiers Stanford. Appointed Professor of Composition at the Royal College of Music in 1883, a position he held for the rest of his li...
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