UN Secretary General, 1951-61. Died in a suspicious plane crash in the Congo. In September 2013 the official Hammarskjold Commission cautiously recommended further investigations into the cause of the crash.
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Dag Hammarskjold
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Hammarskjold - Hepworth
Hammarskjold and Hepworth were friends; he owned some of her sculpture includ...
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Charles Sackville, Earl of Dorset
Poet and politician. Probably born in Essex. Lived in Bow Street. Died at Bath.
Sir Rowland Hill
Initiator of the uniform Penny Post in 1840. Due to him Britain was the first country to use adhesive stamps and thus we do not have to put the name of our country on them. This is analogous to the...
Lutfur Rahman
Born Bangladesh. First directly elected Mayor of Tower Hamlets, 2010. In 2015 he was found to be "personally guilty" of "corrupt or illegal practices, or both" and was removed from office. After...
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V&A façade - Reynolds
SW7, Cromwell Road
Excluding the allegories (such as Knowledge) there are 36 statues on the two public façades of the V&A Museum, on Exhibition Road and...
dissolution of the monasteries
In 1534, for reasons not only to do with his marital situation, Henry VIII broke with Rome, the Pope and the Catholic Church. At the time the Catholic monasteries (and abbeys, priories, convents an...
Event, Politics & Administration, Property, Religion, Royalty
Sir Jack Hobbs
Professional cricketer who played for Surrey 1905-34 and for England in 61 Test matches 1908-30. Born John Berry Hobbs in Cambridge. Knighted 1953. Died at home in Hove. Our image shows Hobbs c.1920.
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