Marine painter. Possibly born near Deptford.
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Charles Brooking
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Charles Brooking
Charles Brooking 1723 - 1759 marine painter, lived near this site. City of Lo...
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Ananda Coomaraswamy
A Tamil philosopher and art historian. Born in Ceylon of a Tamil father and an English mother, brought up in England. Studied at University College, London.
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Antoine Watteau
Artist. Born Jean-Antoine Watteau in Valenciennes. In 1702, he moved to Paris and worked as a scene painter at the Opera. He is credited with inventing the genre of 'fêtes galantes', which shows sc...
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Sir Ambrose Fleming
Electrical engineer. Born John Ambrose Fleming in a house named Greenfield in Lancaster. Best known for inventing the first thermionic valve or vacuum tube. He was also an accomplished photographer...
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John Butler Yeats
Artist. Born in Tullyish, County Down. Father of William Butler and John 'Jack' Butler Yeats. He had a short-lived careeer as a lawyer, before turning to painting. He specialised in portraiture, an...
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
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William Holman Hunt
Painter and co-founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. His intended middle name was ‘Hobman’ (his mother’s maiden name) which he disliked. Discovering that it had been misspelled as ‘Holman’ at ...
2 memorials
Christ Church Spitalfields - alterations
E1, Commercial Street, Christ Church Spitalfields - porch
"Entensive" seems to be a portmanteau (mash-up) of "extensive" and "intensive".
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