Thomas Hodgkin
Physician, pathologist, reformer and philanthropist., of Hodgkin's disease fame. Born Middlesex. Died Jaffa, Palestine (now Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel).
1 memorial
Imperial Camel Corps
Formed in 1916. At its height there were 4,150 men and 4,800 camels. 3 of the 4 battalions were disbanded in mid-1918. The 2nd Battalion was disbanded in May 1919.
Group, Animals, Armed Forces, Australia, Egypt, India, Israel/Palestine, New Zealand
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Corporal Frank Sidney Levy
Frank Sidney Levy was born in c.1887 in Canonbury, Islington, the second of the six children of Hyman Levy (born c.1856) and Clara Levy (born c.1863). His birth was registered in the 1st quarter of...
War dead, WW1
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Jacques Lipchitz
Born as Chaim Jacob Lipchitz Druskieniki, Lithuania. Died on the island of Capri and was buried on Har Hamenuhot, Jerusalem. External website provides a good chronology and pictures of some works .
2 memorials
Raphael Maklouf
Born in Jerusalem, to a Jewish family who emigrated to the UK after WW2. His designs have been used for coins in the UK and other countries.
1 memorial
James McBey
Etcher and painter. Born at Newmill, Foveran, near Newburgh, Scotland. Self taught artist, he printed his early etchings using a mangle. He was an artist at the western front in World War I, and wa...
Person, Art, France, Israel/Palestine, Morocco, Scotland, USA
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Frank Meisler
Architect and sculptor. Born Danzig. Arrived in England via the Kindertransport. Active in 2006. Art Forum obit. Born in what was then Danzig and is now Gdansk, Poland. Meisler was himself one of t...
Person, Architecture, Sculpture, Germany, Israel/Palestine, Poland
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Sir Moses Montefiore
Philanthropist and Jewish leader. Born Italy, brought up in London. Married into the Rothschild family.
1 memorial
Sir Flinders Petrie
Archaeologist specialising in Egypt. Born Charlton, near Greenwich. His maternal grandfather was Captain Matthew Flinders. Petrie was a self-taught surveyor with minimal university education. St...
1 memorial
King Richard I
Richard the Lionheart. Born Oxford, son of Henry II. King of England 6 July 1189 - death. Also ruled parts of France. More French than English, he spent much of his live in Southern Europe, mainly...
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