Founded the Camden Road doctors' surgery in the late 1920s in the building where he also lived. He served there as a GP for 60 years, keeping the surgery open through the Blitz. It is one of the few buildings in the area that survived the war and the subsequent redevelopment.
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Dr Abraham I. Silverman
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Dr Silverman
Dr Abraham I. Silverman. Born 29th September 1894. Died 7th July 1997. Foun...
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Sir William MacCormac, Bart. KCB, KCVO, MD, FRCS
Notable surgeon during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Strong advocate of the antiseptic surgical methods proposed by Joseph Lister and he served in conflicts such as the Boer War. An...
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration, Ireland
1 memorial
S. H. Vilven
Assistant Commissioner in the St John Ambulance Brigade, Metropolitan Corps, 1893-1925. Officer in the Order of St John.
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
1 memorial
Whitgift Almshouses / Hospital of the Holy Trinity, Croydon
Erected by Archbishop John Whitgift, after he had petitioned and received permission from Queen Elizabeth I to establish a hospital and school in Croydon. The premises provided accommodation for be...
1 memorial
Italian Hopsital, Queen Square
The Ospedale Italiano was founded by John Ortelli, to overcome the language problems encountered in other London hospitals. The hospital started in two houses he donated in Queen Square. These were...
1 memorial
Organ donors
From 2013 Organ Donation news item: "In the last ten years, around 10,000 people have been honoured {with the St John award} and are estimated to have made more than 25,000 organ transplants possi...
1 memorial
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1908 Olympics
W12, Wood Lane, 201, BBC building
The unveiling was hosted by BBC Director-General Mark Thompson and attended by Sir Stephen Redgrave.
3 subjects commemorated
Justice for Lai Dai Han
This group campaigns for an independent UN-led investigation into allegations of widespread sexual violence by South Korean soldiers during the Vietnam War. The group commissioned the Mother and Ch...
1 memorial
J. Minns
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
1 memorial
All Saints Haggerston - WWI memorial
E8, Haggerston Road, All Saints Church
This church, built 1856, was initially known as All Saints, Stonebridge but we've seen it referred to as All Saints, Haggerston, and also...
2 subjects commemorated
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