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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1 memorial
Church Army
A Christian evangelical organisation founded by Reverend Wilson Carlile. Unlike the plaque, their website omits the definite article from their name so so do we.
1 memorial
William Howley
Bishop of London 1813 - 28. Archbishop of Canterbury 1828 - 48. Born Hampshire. While Bishop of London he had extensive work done on both his town house, 32 St James's Square and Fulham Palace. Whi...
1 memorial
Priory of St John-the-Baptist, Holywell
Founded before 1127. Augustinian. Disbanded y Henry VIII c. 1540.
1 memorial
1 memorial
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Walter Gropius
Architect. Born Walter Adolph Georg Gropius in Berlin. He founded the Bauhaus school. His door handle designs are still being made today. At the rise of Hitler he and his wife Ilse moved to London ...
1 memorial
Maximilian Kolbe
Saint in the Roman Catholic Church. Franciscan killed by the Nazis in 1941.
1 memorial
Soho Fire Station - King's Cross fire
W1, Shaftesbury Avenue, Soho Fire Station, 126
From Emergency we know that this plaque was erected on or before 19 July 2017.
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Fish Island
E3, Old Ford Road/Crown Close, Pedestrian Bridge
The plaque is clearly revered and respected by all the local artists. 2020: Our colleague Alan was at this location again and reported h...
1 subject commemorated,
6 creators
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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