Chief Rabbi of the British Empire. Born Slovakia, then part of Hungary. When he was aged 11 the family moved to New York. Worked for a time as a rabbi in Johannesburg. 1911 returned to New York. 1913 chosen as Chief Rabbi of the British Empire and in 1915 became a naturalized British subject. Died at home in Hamilton Terrace.
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Dr Joseph Herman Hertz
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Rabbi Hertz
Dr J. H. Hertz CH, 1872 - 1946, Chief Rabbi of the British Empire, lived here...
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St Stephen Coleman
Parish church of St Stephen Coleman Street. Destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666 and rebuilt by Wren but then finally lost in WW2.
1 memorial
Ancient Order of Druids
The Ancient Order of Druids sprung out of a surge of interest in the 18th century in all things related to ancient Britain, such as Stonehenge. Henry Hurle organised the Ancient Order along the li...
2 memorials
George Searles
Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for his Protestant beliefs.
1 memorial
Rev. Canon R. R. Bristow, MA
Canon of Rochester. Elected Guardian and Chair of the Lewisham Union - Lewisham in 1894.
1 memorial
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Florence Keen
Founder of the North Islington Infant Welfare Centre and School for Mothers in Holloway in 1913. At that time, around 10% of children in Islington died before their fifth birthday. She and her coll...
3 memorials
John Templeton
Opera singer. Born near Kilmarnock, Scotland. Started singing as a boy and came to London to study to become a professional tenor. Sang the first English productions of 'Don Giovanni' and 'The Magi...
1 memorial
Frank Matcham
Theatre architect. Born Newton Abbot, Devon. Never qualified as an architect but designed at least 80 theatres and did some work on about the same number again. About 24 of his theatres survive rea...
10 memorials
General John Burgoyne
W1, Hertford Street, 10
The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography gives his birth year as 1723.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
King's College Hospital
Stood at Portugal Street / Carey Street from 1839 to 1913, when it moved to Denmark Hill, to a site given to it by WFD Smith, of W.H.Smiths.
2 memorials
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