1879 - 1905
Sir George Williams, 1821 - 1905, founder of the Young Men's Christian Association, lived at no 13 Russell Square.
In the photograph of the current building the plaque is behind the portico.
WC1, Russell Square
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Sir George Williams
Founded in 1844 by George Williams, the YMCA built their first gym in 1881 an...
Founder of the Young Men's Christian Association. Born Somerset. Died in a ho...
English Heritage Simon Bolivar, 1783 - 1830, liberator of Latin America, lodged here in 1810.
From the Imperial College website: The Royal College of Science building was completed in 1906 ….. The building was designed by architect...
These plaques are all inside and normally inaccessible but, for the 2018 Pride in London Soho fire station held an open day and we took o...
Mehndi is the use of henna to decorate hands etc. in India and neighbouring countries. It is used particularly by women for festive occas...
Eight feet of ground from the stone of this house were given by the Mercers' Company in the year 1835 for the purpose of widening the ent...
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