Person    | Female  Born 1865  Died 1925

Dame Louisa Brandreth Aldrich-Blake

Categories: Medicine

Dame Louisa Brandreth Aldrich-Blake

Surgeon (and a skilled boxer and cricket-player). Born Essex.  Studied medicine at the London School of Medicine for Women.

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Dame Louisa Brandreth Aldrich-Blake

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Louisa Brandreth Aldrich-Blake

There are actually 2 busts (identical we think): one facing into the square a...

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French hospital in Bath Street

French hospital in Bath Street

Founded by royal charter in 1718 to house the poor or infirm of French Huguenot descent. Known as "La Providence". In 1866 the hospital was moved to Victoria Park in Hackney and in 1960 to Rocheste...

Building, Medicine, Social Welfare, France

1 memorial
St Thomas' Hospital

St Thomas' Hospital

Named after Thomas a Becket, so possibly founded after 1173 when Becket was canonised. As part of an Augustinian monastery, St Thomas’ (at the London Bridge site) was closed during the Reformation....

Place, Medicine

7 memorials
Royal Northern Hospital

Royal Northern Hospital

Founded in 1856 by Dr. Sherard Freeman Statham (dismissed from University College Hospital for smacking a patient's bottom) at 11 York Road (later York Way), and expanded into numbers 9 and 10.  18...

Building, Medicine

10 memorials
John Hughlings Jackson

John Hughlings Jackson

Physician specialising in a type of epilepsy. Born Yorkshire. Died at home at 3 Manchester Square.

Person, Medicine

1 memorial
Guy's & St Thomas' Charities Foundation

Guy's & St Thomas' Charities Foundation

It can trace its origins back to 1553, when King Edward VI re-established St Thomas' hospital, having been closed during the Reformation. In 1721, Thomas Guy funded the building of the hospital whi...

Group, Medicine, Philanthropy

7 memorials