English Heritage
Sir Henry Cole, 1808 - 1882, campaigner and educator, first director of the Victoria and Albert Museum, lived here.
SW7, Thurloe Square, 33, Embassy of Republic of Kazakhstan
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Sir Henry Cole - SW7
The South Kensington Museum opened on this site in 1857. It expanded and was ...
Born Bath. Secretary of the Department of Science and Art. He originated the ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Sir Henry Cole - SW7
This plaque surely can't have been intended to be submerged? Did they accidentally attached it too low on the wall and then quietly swea...
Sir Alexander Fleming, 1881-1955, discovered penicillin in the second storey room above this plaque.
While they lived there they called this "St Jude's Cottage". Initially it was a weekend retreat from Whitechapel, where Samuel was the v...
London County Council Arnold Bennett, 1867 - 1931, novelist, lived here.
