This is not a college but an organisation that provides residential accommodation for students and academics working in London. Competition for places is strong and applicants have to show that they will contribute to the social and cultural life of the community.
Previously known at various times as London House, William Goodenough House, and the London Goodenough Trust it was renamed as Goodenough College in 2001.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Goodenough College
This tablet was unveiled by Her Majesty the Queen to mark the 70th Anniversar...
{On one of the rings:} By wisdom a house is built and through understanding ...
In a niche over the original central entrance (now mainly disused in favour o...
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Goodenough College
Carved on the wall to the right of the front door: "William Goodenough House...
Erected between 2015 (when the property was being renovated) and 2021, the pl...
Worked in the civil service, 1902 - 1925, in the Egyptian Ministry of Education. At the 1931 London County Council election, Robertson was elected for the Labour Party in Islington East. He lost th...
Person, Education, Politics & Administration, Egypt, Scotland
Moved from Spital Square in 1975 to the building in Bow Road. Spitalfields Life reports on a 2013 school reunion at the old building, which is now Galvin Restaurant - old photos and reminiscences.
Philosopher. Born Somerset. Wrote 'An Essay Concerning Human Understanding' and 'Two Treatises of Government'. 1693 wrote 'Some Thoughts Concerning Education' saying "I think I may say that of al...
From the picture source website: "Prisca Coborn, the widow of a brewer, founded a School for both boys and girls in 1701, as a result of the terms of her will published in the year of her death. Th...
Community educationist. Born Alexander Graeme Dickson at Duxhill Lodge, Ruislip. He served in Africa in World War II, where he began to formulate his ideas for mass education. He returned in 1948 a...
Philosopher, logician, essayist, social critic and campaigner for peace. Bertrand Arthur William Russell was third Earl Russell. Born Ravenscroft, Trelleck, Monmouthshire. A bad start in life - his...
Family of mosaic artists from Italy. When they moved into new premises in 1898 they decorated the frontage with mosaics - this is now the Regent Street Apple building.
