Pioneering advocate for women's education and suffrage. Born Nottingham. Studied at Bedford College, and then Girton College, Cambridge. Taught classics for income and wrote influentially on women's education and suffrage. Unmarried, died at home, 45 Clevedon Mansions, where the plaque is. Girton have an annual prize in her name.
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Alice Zimmern
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Alice Zimmern
Alice Zimmern, 1855 - 1939, pioneering advocate for women's education and suf...
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Christ's Hospital
Founded by Edward VI in the remains of Greyfriars Monastery for the education of poor children. The first pupils arrived in November 1552. In 1682 Sir Robert Clayton erected much of the building, d...
Regent Street Polytechnic
Initially known as the Young Men's Christian Institute this was founded by Quentin Hogg out of the ruins of the Royal Polytechnic Institution.
Red House - John Lyon School
Bought by the school in 1956, its opening in 2013 was probably following a major refurbishment of some kind. At Lyonian Association we learnt: "The Red House Memorial Garden contains several trees...
Pimlico Grammar School
Architect was J.P. Gandy Deering. The British Museum's drawing is from 1832. Built as a non-conformist private academy for boys but the school only lasted a few years. ‘Ian Fleming’ by Andrew Lyc...
Royal Army Medical College
Built on the site of Millbank Prison.
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William Moorcroft
W1, Oxford Street, 508 - 520
Present at the unveiling: Angus Taylor, President of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, and Dr Garry Alder, the author of the Moor...
Richard Titmuss
Social researcher and teacher. Born Richard Morris Titmuss at Farm lane, Stopsley, near Luton. He became concerned with the social differences between the north and south of England, publishing 'Po...
Bertrand Russell
WC1, Bury Place
The building was originally "No 3 Russell Chambers" and is now labelled "Russell Chambers, Flats 25-36".
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