Probably born Tenterden, Kent.
Printer, in 1474, producing the first book printed in English "The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye".
Died Westminster.
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William Caxton
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Caxton Hall - head 2 - Caxton
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Sir Ambrose Heal
Furniture designer and retailer. Born at Crouch End. Studied at the Slade School of Fine Art before joining the family firm which ran the Heal & Son department store. He designed the simple, st...
3 memorials
1 memorial
St Dunstan
Born near Glastonbury. Active around 930 - 960. Patron saint of armourers, goldsmiths, locksmiths, and jewellers. His feast day is May 19th.
1 memorial
Anthony Standerwick Heal
Son of Sir Ambrose Heal of the Heals furniture shop which was established in 1810. It moved from Rathbone Place to Tottenham Court Road in 1818. Anthony became a director in 1936 and the Chairman...
2 memorials
1 memorial
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Dmitri Mendeleev
Born Siberia. Earlier versions existed but in 1869 he published the first widely recognized periodic table of elements.
1 memorial
Cecil Beaton - W2
W2, Sussex Gardens, 223
The Beaton family moved into 61 Sussex Gardens in February 1926. Cecil of course arranged the interior decorations and created for himse...
1 subject commemorated
King Henry VIII
Son of Henry VII. Born Born Greenwich Palace, as the spare, not the heir but his brother Arthur predeceased him and their father, aged 15, but not before marrying Catherine of Aragon, who later in ...
23 memorials
C3 - Bacon
W2, Westbourne Grove, 26, HBA
The Bayswater Athenaeum was built in 1863 by architect Arthur Billing of Newman and Billing. The name was originally inscribed in the pan...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
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