Fur-trader, surveyor and mapmaker. Born Dafydd ap Thomas at Marsham Street, London. He was chosen to be an apprentice to the Hudson Bay Company. Transferring to the North West Company in 1797 he embarked on many expeditions to map the country. He was the first European to navigate the Colombia river. Died in near obscurity in Montreal.
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David Thompson
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
Artist, architect and explorer. Born at 21 Charles Square. Topographical artist. He visited many Mediterranean countries drawing their monuments and ruins. In 1839-40 Catherwood and John Lloyd ...
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
Role on the lost expedition: Officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
Councillor and member of Housing Committee, Parmiter Street, 1926. Councillor and on the Bethnal Green Baths Committee in 1926. Councillor on the Bethnal Green Housing Committee in 1937.
Former film and television studios. Originally Henry Chinnery of Weir House allowed filmmakers to use his greenhouse. Dedicated studios were built in the 1910s and were expanded and renamed. By th...
The Town Hall in Euston Road once housed these interesting murals by Cecil Osborne.
A player at the London Welsh Rugby Football Club who was killed in WW1.
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