Person    | Female  Born 1/6/1919  Died 19/11/2013

Cecile Nobrega

Categories: Education, Poetry

Poet, writer, teacher, playwright. She was born as Cecile Elise Doreen Burgan on 1 June 1919 in Georgetown, British Guiana (now Guyana). She Wrote music and poetry from an early age and In 1942 married Romeo Nobrega. Trained as a teacher and migrated to the UK in 1969. She lived in Stockwell from about 1980 and electoral registers for 2003-2008 show her listed at Flat 23, Lee Samuel House, 10 Nealden Street, London, SW9 9QX. She died, aged 94 years, on 19 November 2013.

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Cecile Nobrega

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Bronze Woman

This was the first statue of a black woman to be on permanent display anywher...

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The John Roan Foundation

The John Roan Foundation

Charity. John Roan who died in 1644, was Yeoman of Harriers to King Charles I. He bequeathed his estate to educate the town-born children of Greenwich. It owns several properties in Greenwich, the ...

Group, Community / Clubs, Education

1 memorial
John Lyon School

John Lyon School

Independent boys' school in Harrow. John Lyon (1514-92) was a significant landowner, who by 1564 had the largest land-rental income in Harrow. He  founded Harrow School, The John Lyon School, and ...

Place, Education

1 memorial
Sir John Cass's Foundation

Sir John Cass's Foundation

From the picture source website: "In 1710 Cass set up a school for 50 boys and 40 girls in buildings in the churchyard of St Botolph-without-Aldgate. Intending to leave all his property to the scho...

Group, Education

4 memorials
Hisanobu Niiro

Hisanobu Niiro

Became a student at UCL in 1865.

Person, Education, Japan

1 memorial
Wagner School

Wagner School

Private day school for young boys at 90 Queen's Gate, run by Orlando Henry Wagner (1867-1956) and his wife Monica. Operating before WW1 but we can't find start and end dates. An old boy, Michael Ma...

Group, Education

1 memorial

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James K. Polk

James K. Polk

USA President 1845 –1849.  Signed the documents formally integrating Texas into the United States on 29 December 1845.

Person, Politics & Administration, USA

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J. B. Dimmock
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
William Hare
War dead, WW1
1 memorial