Born in the Lebanon. Resident in Bahrain. Founder and CEO of the Promoseven Network. He's on Facebook and has an on-line museum.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Akram Miknas
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Akram Miknas
Compare the text on this plaque with that on the filmmaker's plaque in Brussels.
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Brilliant Sign Company
Signage company. It was named after their concept called the 'brilliant letter'. This comprised a pressed copper sheet with a v-shaped cross section so as to imitate the classic incised wooden fasc...
Barber Beaumont
Army officer, painter, philanthropist. Born John Thomas Barber and in 1812 for no known reason, he added the name of Beaumont. He specialised in historical and portrait miniatures, and displayed at...
Grodzinski's bakery
In 1890 (previously thought to have been 1888) Harris and Judith Grodzinski arrived in the East End from what is now Belarus. Starting in a street stall they then set up a bakery at 31 Fieldgate S...
London & Manchester Assurance Co Ltd
From the picture source website: "London & Manchester Group first saw the light of day back in 1869 when it was registered as the London and Manchester Industrial Assurance Co. Limited. The wor...
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Rendel Palmer and Tritton
Engineers. This firm was started by James Meadows Rendel (1799 - 1856) and carried on by his son Sir Alexander Rendel (1829–1918). It became a partnership called Rendel Palmer & Tritton in the ...
Henry Watson Fowler
SW3, Paultons Square, 14
Henry Watson Fowler, 1858 - 1933, grammarian and lexicographer, lived here 1900 - 1903. English Heritage
Thomas Linacre
EC4, Knightrider Street
We bet this corner of London looked more interesting in 1500.
Sir Douglas Bader
Air force officer. Born Douglas Robert Steuart Bader at St John's Wood. Commissioned in the Royal Air Force as a pilot officer in 1930. In 1931, following a crash, he had both legs amputated. He wa...
those killed and injured by the WW2 bomb on Bullivant's Wharf
See Bullivant's Wharf - WW2 bomb for details of the event. The excellent Isle of Dogs - Past Life, Past Lives gives the list (from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Civilian Victims) of 41 ...
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