Pastor and philatelist. He had been a collector of stamps for most of his life, but his collections and library were lost when his house was looted by members of the occupying Russian army. His collection of 1945-1946 local provisional German stamps issued following the allied occupation forms part of the British Library Philatelic Collections, and was donated to the British Museum in 1956.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Dr Walther Model von Thunen
An educational charity, opened as part of Sands Films Studio, and situated in the same Grade II listed building. The library is home to thousands of old photographs, postcards and magazines. Pictur...
Islington Librarian in 1906. We believe he also published books on librarianship.
Opened the Subway Gallery in 2006.
Natural history collector. Born at the family seat near Manchester where he also died. His museum was at Leicester House on the northern side of Leicester Square and called the Holophusikon, or Hol...
An extension to the British Museum by the architect Sir John James Burnett.
