Humanist, scholar and intellectual. Born Aberdeen, came to London in 1719 to be a tutor but then became a bookseller in the Royal Exchange and also worked as a press-reader, earning the nickname "Alexander the Corrector". His main achievement was the Concordance to the Bible, published in 1737 and still used today. An eccentric man, he travelled the country lecturing against profanity and the breaking of the Sabbath, and he always carried a sponge to remove any offensive graffiti. Died at his lodgings in Camden Passage, while at prayer.
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Alexander Cruden
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Alexander Cruden
Camden Passage (link now dead) had a picture of the unveiling by Poet Laureat...
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Mrs Jemima Luke
Writer of hymns and religious studies. Born Jemima Thompson in Islington. She planned to do missionary work in India, but illness prevented her from doing so. She married the Reverend Samuel Luke, ...
1 memorial
Young Men's Christian Association / YMCA
Founded in 1844 by George Williams, the YMCA built their first gym in 1881 and opened their first purpose built centre in 1911. The original object was "to promote the spiritual and mental improve...
4 memorials
1 memorial
Loyal Temperance Legion
The children's branch of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, and still active in 2008 - we found the pledge with a link to join: "The Pledge: That I may give my best service to home and country...
1 memorial
Howell Powell Edwards
Born Wales. Studied at Oxford and entered the church. Married Elizabeth Pugh, the daughter of the family where he was working as tutor. Oxford Council Member and Canon of Llandaff Cathedral. H...
1 memorial
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Dame Ivy Compton-Burnett
SW7, Cornwall Gardens, 95, Braemar Mansions - Flat 5
English Heritage Dame Ivy Compton-Burnett, 1884-1969, novelist, lived here, 1934-1969.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Dave Squires
Much-loved street sweeper in the area around Waterloo Station. Employed by Veolia who were contracted by Lambeth Council. Died after a long illness. His coffin was driven through the Lower Mars...
1 memorial
Sir Robert Viner (or Vyner)
Lord Mayor of London, 1674-5. Born Warwick. Goldsmith and banker. Lived at Swakeleys House in Ickenham, where a school is named for him. Died Windsor. Involved in the slave trade.
2 memorials
Philip and Edmund Gosse
N1, Mortimer Road, 56
Here lived Philip Henry Gosse, 1810 - 1888, zoologist. Sir Edmund Gosse, 1849 - 1928, writer and critic born here. Greater London Council
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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