Erection date: 17/6/2015
Sir Victor Horsley, 1857 - 1916, pioneer of neurosurgery and social reformer, lived here.
English Heritage
WC1, Gower Street, 129
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 Victor Horsley
Scientist and soldier. Born Victor Alexander Haden Horsley in 2 Tor Villas, C...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Sir Victor Horsley
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