Geographer, writer and anarchist. Born France. Visited Britain during 1852-7. Supported the Paris Commune of 1871. In 1872 was sentenced to perpetual banishment from France and settled in Switzerland. The campaigns he promoted included the anti-marriage movement and naturism. Moved to Brussels when appointed chair of comparative geography at the University of Brussels, where he died.
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Elisee Reclus
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Anarchists
This art work is in the style of Donald Rooum. He was the Anarchists' self-ef...
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Thomas Chancellor
Co-churchwarden of Mary Abbots Church, Kensington, August 1817. British History Online has some houses in nearby Ansdell Street being built for a 'Thomas Chancellor' which we think might well be o...
2 memorials
Charles William Key
Born Buckinghamshire into a poor family. Became teacher then headmaster. Alderman in 1937 and in 1946 MP for Bow and Bromley and Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health.
1 memorial
Peter Graham
On the Executive Committee for the 1851 Great Exhibition Memorial.
1 memorial
John R. Doubleday
Trustee of the Lambeth Hayles Estate development in 1894.
1 memorial
Norman Harry Harding, OBE
Chairman of of the City Lands and Bridge House Estates Committee in 1982. Commoner on the City Lands & Bridge House Estates Committee, 1994.
2 memorials
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H. W. F. Morris
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Jolly Sailor Inn
Claimed to be the first public building in South Norwood. When it opened there was little else here except for brickworks and farmland.
1 memorial
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