Founded as The Standard it was first printed at 5 New Bridge Street, Blackfriars.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Evening Standard
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8 - Cheshire Court – the Standard
Cheshire Court The Standard Monday May 21, 1827 {A facsimile of a page of the...
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Evening Standard
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People of London - St Paul's
Cut from a single block of Irish limestone. The quote was used by Churchill b...
Storm Tree - Charing Cross
When we first saw the plaque it was in the pavement close to the tree but is ...
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The Times
Newspaper, founded by John Walter on 1st January 1785 as The London Daily Universal Register and renamed as The Times on 1st January 1803. It was the first newspaper to send war correspondents to c...
Wynkyn De Worde
Printing pioneer. Born in Woerth, Alsace, and his modern name is a corruption of Wynkyn de Woerth so, disappointingly, his is not an example of nominative determinism, unlike Isambard Brunel. Brou...
Person, Craft / Design, Journalism / Publishing, Netherlands
Proprietors of the Quiver
The Quiver was "a magazine for Sunday and general reading" published around 1876-1925 in New York and London.
George Orwell
George Orwell was born in Bengal as Eric Arthur Blair, his father was a British colonial civil servant. Joined the Indian imperial police in Burma but left in 1927 and decided to become a writer. ...
Person, Journalism / Publishing, Literature, Seriously Famous, TV & Radio, Bengal, Burma, France, India, Spain
First Baron Aberconway
Politician. Born Charles Benjamin Bright McLaren in Edinburgh. He began his career in journalism before turning to the law. Elected as an M.P. in 1880. Member of the Privy Council. Became Baron Abe...
Person, Industry, Journalism / Publishing, Law, Politics & Administration, Scotland, Wales