Egyptologist, novelist, journalist, traveller. Born Colebrook Row, Islington. First visited Egypt in 1873 and co-founded the Egypt Exploration Fund in 1882. Never married and bequeathed her collection of Egyptian antiquities and her library to University College London. Lived in Bristol from 1864 until her death. Died at Weston-super-Mare.
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Amelia Edwards
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Amelia Edwards
Amelia Edwards, 1831 - 1892, Egyptologist and writer, lived here. English Her...
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H. T. D. Le Vesconte
Role on the lost expedition: Officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
William Reed
Role on the lost expedition: Royal marine on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
Edward Little
Role on the lost expedition: Officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
Lawrence E. G. Oates
Born Putney. Captain in the Dragoons. One of Scott's four companions who died with him, returning from the South Pole. Frost-bitten and weak he saw that he was slowing down the whole team and so, o...
2 memorials
William (Mole man) Lyttle
Known as the ‘Mole Man’ because he spent forty years digging a series of tunnels under his, and his neighbours' houses in Hackney. It was estimated that he had shovelled out over 100 cubic metres o...
1 memorial