Born Oxfordshire. In Burma with the army he investigated cholera and dysentery.
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Edmund Alexander Parkes
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Barry Jackson
President of The Royal College of Surgeons of England in October 2000.
1 memorial
Doctor George Scott Williamson
Medical practitioner and biologist. Born in Ladybank, Fife. He worked on thyroid research at the Royal Free Hospital, with Innes Pearse who he later married. Together they developed the 'Peckham Ex...
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Richard Bright
A physician specialising in kidney problems, he was credited with the discovery of Bright's Disease (now called Glomerulonephritis or Nephritis) through his research on patients who exhibited drops...
1 memorial
Lady Superintendent Alice Cross
Matron. Trained at St Bartholomew's Hospital. Appointed in 1879 to lead the nursing department at the Evelina Children's Hospital.
1 memorial
Sir William Bowman
Ophthalmic surgeon and anatomist. Best known for his research using microscopes to study various human organs, though during his lifetime he pursued a successful career as an ophthalmologist. Born...
1 memorial
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Lord John Fisher, Admiral
Born Ceylon. First Sea Lord: 1904 - 1910 and 1914 - 1915. Died at 19 St James's Square.
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
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Ho Chi Minh
Communist revolutionary and founder of modern Vietnam. Left Vietnam in 1911 and worked on ships as a kitchen helper. In New York he was a baker at the Parker House Hotel. In 1913 he arrived in Lond...
1 memorial
War dead, Other war
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