Sir Francis Galton, 1822-1911, explorer, statistician, founder of eugenics, lived here for fifty years.
SW7, Rutland Gate, 42
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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Sir Francis Galton
Biostatistician, human geneticist and eugenicist. Born at The Larches, Sparkb...
Our picture, just, shows the entire southern side of this street. This foundation stone was laid in 1922 and the Vaughan Estate opened i...
Dave Shepherd, Britain's acclaimed jazz clarinettist and bandleader, was born here on 7th February 1929. Waltham Forest Heritage
The plaque is located on the side of the building in Cowley Street.
From the modern information board: "This garden covers the site of the church of St Olave, destroyed in 1666 by the Great Fire of London....