Physician and civil rights campaigner. Councillor; Chairman of Greater London Council
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
David Thomas Pitt, Baron Pitt of Hampstead
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Lord Pitt of Hampstead
London Borough of Camden Lord Pitt of Hampstead, 1913 - 1994, physician and ...
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Hunt's House at Guy's Hospital
Another, partial, view of this building here. Dates approximate.
British Medical Association
Founded as the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association (PMSA) by Sir Charles Hastings in Worcester. In 1836 Dr George Webster founded an organisation called the British Medical Association. Fr...
Edward Gustave Slesinger, OBE, BSc, MS, FRCS
Chairman of the Board of Guy's Hospital in 1964. Born London. Edward Gustave Slesinger was born on 17 March 1888, the son of Gustave Schlesinger (1852-1903) and Louise Agnes Schlesinger née Sueski...
Mary Seacole
Jamaican nurse, heroine of the Crimean War. That's the standard depiction of her but some people, as reported in a Guardian article, feel that Seacole has been promoted to the detriment of Florence...
Hugh Arnold Bryant
A "Guy's man" who died in the South African War, 1899-1902. An obituary for this man can be found on the Kings College London war memorial website. Hugh Arnold Bryant was born on 27 March 1867, on...
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James McBey
W11, Holland Park Avenue, 1
2023: Susan Van Noorden contacted us, "This plaque was removed during rebuilding of the wall and has not been replaced." The most recent...
First K2 telephone boxes
W1, Piccadilly, Royal Academy entrance archway
The two boxes carry identical plaques.
Joseph Whitaker
Born in London, apprenticed to a bookseller aged fourteen. With experience of a number of firms he set up his own publishing business. 1858 launched The Bookseller. 1869 published the first issue o...
Bloomsbury House - Thomas Arnold
WC1, Bloomsbury Square, 2-3
Bloomsbury House was built in 1887 for the College of Preceptors. Designed by by F. Pinches it is Listed Grade 1. The College, now call...
Victoria, Duchess of Kent
Born Coberg. Mother of Queen Victoria. Her first marriage to Prince of Leiningen produced two children. Widowed, she married again in 1818 to Prince Edward, Duke of Kent at Coburg, (and again at Ke...
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