Person    | Male  Born 1813  Died 1888

George Godwin

Architect, journalist and social reformer. Editor of "The Builder". Honorary Secretary to the Executive Committee for the Great Exhibition Memorial.

Born in Brompton Terrace, Kensington. Died at home at 6 Cromwell Place, Kensington.

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George Godwin

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George Godwin

George Godwin, 1813 - 1888, architect, journalist and social reformer, lived ...

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Great Exhibition and Prince Albert

Designed by Joseph Durham with modifications by Sydney Smirke. Inaugurated by...

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Cullinan Studio

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Edward Maufe

Edward Maufe

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William Nisbet Blair

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Person, Architecture

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H & H. M. Lidbetter

H & H. M. Lidbetter

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Person, Architecture

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W. H. Gunton

W. H. Gunton

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Ralph Downes

W5, Elm Crescent, 9

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1 subject commemorated, 2 creators
Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin

Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin

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2 memorials
Oswald Mosley

Oswald Mosley

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Person, Politics & Administration, France

2 memorials
Bench - Mayoralty

Bench - Mayoralty

EC2, Guildhall Yard

Along the front edge of the bench 10 sets of deviders are carved and along the top of the back 6 of the Masons' shield.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
William Hogarth

William Hogarth

Satirical artist and illustrator. Trained as an engraver, he depicted the unseemly behaviour of contemporaries in works like 'The Beggar's Opera' (1728) and 'A Rake's Progress' (1732). Much of his ...

Person, Art, Seriously Famous

12 memorials