Wife to Henry Raphael, a wealthy Jewish banker, and mother to his 12 children of which at least 8 survived to adulthood (ref manfamily). Born in Holland. Died Marylebone.
This photo shows the bust in the entrance to the nurses' home at Guy's.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Henriette Raphael
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Entrance to the Henriette Raphael building
{Etched in the glass doors:} Henriette Raphael gave her name to the first pur...
Henriette Raphael plaque
The Henriette Raphael Nurses' Home, erected by Henry Lewis Raphael in memory ...
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Sir John Pringle
Military physician. Born Roxburghshire, Scotland. Studied in Flanders/Netherlands, where he later returned in his role as military physician, and Paris. Instituted sanitary reforms first on battlef...
Person, Armed Forces, Medicine, France, Netherlands, Scotland
Brabant weavers
The Brabant describes a part of the low countries to the east of Flanders. Weavers had come to England from the Brabant and Flanders during the 12th century.
Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis
Politician, socialist-anarchist. Born Amsterdam. Began as a Lutheran preacher, lost his faith and then seems to have continued moving left-wards all his life. Born and died in the Netherlands.
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
Born as Lorenz Alma Tadema in Friesland, The Netherlands. Painter, famous for his depictions of classical themes. He settled in England in 1870 and was knighted in 1899. Died Kaiserhof Spa, Wiesbad...
Dennis Bergkamp
Footballer. Born in Amsterdam. Nicknamed 'The Non-Flying Dutchman' because of his aviophobia. He played for Ajax in his home country and for Arsenal F.C. from 1995 to 2006.
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Sir Peter Medawar
OM, FRS, Nobel Laureate. Born Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. His pioneering wartime research on tissue grafting won him the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, 1960. Not a fan of psychoanalysis - ...
R. Fus. (C. of L. Regt) 31st Batn. - Reserve
Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt) 31st Batn. - Reserve
Dr Elsie Yu Chen Chee
WC2, Sheffield Street
The text is on the brass plaque that can be seen beside St Philip. The centenary being celebrated is that of the LSE.
Marcus R. Neblett
United Kingdom citizen who died in the terrorist attacks in America on 11 September 2001. Despite him being shown on the September 11 Memorial Garden plaque as Marcus R. Neblett, his name is displ...
Rosalind Franklin
Crystallographer. Born Chepstow Villas. Worked on DNA X-ray diffraction studies at King's College London with Gosling, Stokes, Wilkins and Wilson. She was responsible for the photograph taken in Ma...
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