Swedish botanist. Came to London in June 1760 to promote Carl Linnaeus’ taxonomy and used it to catalogue the natural history collections at the British Museum. Travelled with Joseph Banks on Captain Cook's first voyage and landed in what was then called Botonist Bay, after them, later Botany Bay. Returned to London and continued working with Banks and at the BM. Died at Banks' home in Soho Square. Buried at the Swedish Church but moved to Brookwood Cemetery in 1913, by some accounts.
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Daniel Solander
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Gerrard Winstanley
Protestant reformer, political philosopher, and activist. Co-founder of the True Levellers. Born Wigan. 1630 came to London, became an apprentice and, 1638, a freeman of the Merchant Taylors' Compa...
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Members of Kew Guild and staff of Royal Botanic Gdns Kew lost in WW1, WW2
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Bunhill Fields Burial Ground
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Friends of St George's Gardens
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Dovehouse Green
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Malcolm Campbell
Holder of land and water speed records. Born Chislehurst, Kent. He broke the land speed record for the first time in 1924 and went on to break it a further nine times (five at Daytona Beach, Florid...
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Julian Wall
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Alfred Wright
A Commissioner for the 1892 Westminster Public Library.
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Mark Lemon
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