Person    | Male  Born 25/11/1904  Died 17/10/2005

Ba Jin

Author and political activist. Born China as Li Yaotang.  Ba Jin was his pen name.  Learnt and advocated Esperanto. Spent 1927-8 in France. Returned to Shanghai. From 1983 suffered with Parkinson's Disease. Died Shanghai.

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Ba Jin

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Anarchists

This art work is in the style of Donald Rooum. He was the Anarchists' self-ef...

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Stephen Marshall

Stephen Marshall

Born Huntingdon. 1619 ordained as a clergyman. Became a preacher to the House of Commons and was an influential speaker and supported the Parliamentary cause. Died Ipswich and buried in Westminster...

Person, Politics & Administration, Religion

1 memorial
Sir C. Wentworth Dilke (Snr)

Sir C. Wentworth Dilke (Snr)

Art patron. Horticultural editor. Born London. 1st baronet. Known as Wentworth to distinguish him from his father of the same name. Pity this care in naming did not extend to the next generation. A...

Person, Gardens / Agriculture, Politics & Administration, Russia

1 memorial
J. J. Clark

J. J. Clark

Councillor on the Committee for the 1901 Shoreditch Town Hall Extension.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Dr Mark Jonathan David Damien Lister Patterson

Dr Mark Jonathan David Damien Lister Patterson

Chairman of the GLC Covent Garden Committee. Also Chairman of the GLC Viewing Subcommittee, which recommended films for censorship. The Guardian of 7 July 1984 reported that "Dr Mark Patterson, th...

Person, Cinema, Medicine, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
General John Burgoyne

General John Burgoyne

Army officer, politician and playwright. Born at Park Prospect, Westminster. He entered the army in 1740 and in the Seven Years War he captured Valencia de Alcantara. During the Saratoga Campaign i...

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, Theatre, Canada, Ireland, Spain, USA

1 memorial

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Cheyne House

Cheyne House

The house and garden can be seen on a number of old maps, such as 1865 OS. From British History online (written in 1913): "Cheyne House consists of two or three different blocks of buildings, none...

Building, Property

1 memorial
Ewer Street burial ground

Ewer Street burial ground

SE1, Ewer Street

Current maps show Ewer Street shaped like a T on its side - very unusual. An 1862 map shows an L-shaped Ewer Street (without the northern...

2 subjects commemorated
Colonial Office - S04 - Peel

Colonial Office - S04 - Peel

SW1, Whitehall, Foreign Office

Statues Hither and Thither has been invaluable in identifying some of the busts and most of the statues. The statues are not labelled and...

1 subject commemorated, 2 creators
A. Gillham

A. Gillham

Marine Department

Person

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
St Dunstan

St Dunstan

Born near Glastonbury. Active around 930 - 960. Patron saint of armourers, goldsmiths, locksmiths, and jewellers. His feast day is May 19th.

Person, Craft / Design, Religion

1 memorial