Born in Upton, Essex. Died in Walmer, Kent. Pioneer in the use of antiseptics in surgery. The medical historian, Ruth Richardson, has an interesting piece in the Lancet reporting on how Agnes his wife, was his co-worker in some of his research. And the BBC reported on an interesting operation by Lister that Ruth discovered.
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Joseph Lister
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Joseph Lister bust
{Inside the bronze wreath on the back of the edifice:} 1827 - 1912 {The oth...
Joseph Lister - W1 - lost
One of the more 'storied' plaques in the official London plaque scheme. A 'me...
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Sir William Prichard
Alder President associated with St Bartholomew's Hospital in 1702. A director of the slave trading Royal African Company and a governor of the colonial Irish Society.
1 memorial
Capt. G. Gerhold
District Officer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District, 1912-1927. Commander in the Order of St John.
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
1 memorial
Capt. William George Butcher
District Officer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District Metropolitan Corps, 1895-1938. Officer in the Order of St John.
Person, Armed Forces, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
1 memorial
William Moorcroft
Pioneer veterinary surgeon, Asian explorer. Born Lancashire. First Englishman to qualify as a vet, in France, during a revolution. He set up in practice in Oxford Street, creating a horse hosp...
Person, Animals, Exploring, Medicine, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Tibet, Uzbekistan
1 memorial
King's College Hospital
Stood at Portugal Street / Carey Street from 1839 to 1913, when it moved to Denmark Hill, to a site given to it by WFD Smith, of W.H.Smiths.
2 memorials
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Navy Office, Seething Lane
Built on the site of Walsingham's mansion, this was the Navy Office in which Samuel Pepys lived and worked. Survived the Great Fire partly due to Pepys' efforts. Destroyed by another fire in 1673...
2 memorials
Epping Town Council
The parish council for the town of Epping, established as a result of government reorganisation and the abolition of the Urban District Councils.
2 memorials
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
An organisation of six member states whose function is to mark, record and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of the Commonwealth of Nations military service members who died in the tw...
1 memorial
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Sculptor. Born Dublin to a French father and Irish mother. The family emigrated to New York when Augustus was a baby. Studied in America and Europe. Very successful as a monumental sculptor and...
1 memorial
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