Erection date: 27/7/2010
Sir William Hooker, 1785-1865, Sir Joseph Hooker, 1817-1911, botanists, directors of Kew Gardens, lived here.
English Heritage
Plaque unveiled by Princess Alexandra.
TW9, Kew Green, 49
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Sir Joseph and Sir William Hooker
Botanist and explorer. Born Joseph Dalton Hooker, son of Sir William, at Hale...
Botanist. Born William Jackson Hooker at 7 Magdalen Street, Norwich. He colle...
Officially, The Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. They originated in the garden o...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Sir Joseph and Sir William Hooker
English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that ma...
Granddaughter of King George V and daughter of George, Duke of Kent. Born Ale...
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"The munificence of his benefactions" - we just don't write plaques like that anymore.
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English Heritage Frances Mary Buss, 1827 - 1894, pioneer of education for women was headmistress here, 1879 - 1894.
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English Heritage Sir Alexander Korda, film producer, worked here, 1932 - 1936.
Edward Dannreuther, musician, 1844 - 1905, lived here 1873 - 1894. Host to Richard Wagner for 5 weeks in 1877. City of Westminster
Born Arthur William Patrick Albert, the seventh child and third son of Queen Victoria. Created Duke of Connaught and Strathearn and Earl of Sussex in 1874. Entered the Royal Military Academy at Woo...
The weather has removed all the hair and costume details which are essential for any chance of identifying the person represented. Chauc...
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