Catholic priest, social critic, teacher, and theologian. Born Rotterdam, date approximate. First visited London in 1499 and often stayed with Thomas More in Chelsea, a friend for over 30 years.
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Desiderius Erasmus
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Cheyne Walk heads - More and Erasmus
No inscription remains legible but we believe we've found the painting used a...
Erasmus weathervane
This weathervane, Allegory of Folly, was brought to our attention by Londonis...
Thomas More - Woolwich Town Hall
We can find no confirmation that More lived at Eltham, though he probably vis...
Other Subjects
1 memorial
Isaac Watts
Hymn-writer, poet, theologian and logician. Born Southampton. As a non-conformist he could not go to Oxford or Cambridge so went to the Stoke Newington Dissenting Academy and stayed connected to St...
3 memorials
Central British Fund for World Jewish Relief
Now known as the World Jewish Fund. Established in 1933 as the Central British Fund, the charity rescued over 100,000 Jewish people from Germany before WWII and was also largely responsible for or...
1 memorial
Sandemanian chapel
The Sandemanians were a Christian sect founded by John Glas in Scotland and spread into England and America by his son-in-law Robert Sandeman. Sandeman arrived in London in April 1761 and establish...
2 memorials
Rev. Lewis Borrett White
Rector of St John the Baptist upon Walbrook in 1884. Born and died London.
1 memorial
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