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...
1893 Superintendent of the Metropolitan Tabernacle Sunday School.
Professor of engineering. FRS. Born Cheshire. Studied the strength of columns of various materials and pioneered the application of mathematics to structural design. Late in life his mental abil...
Proposed by Walter Besant the first People's Palace was built on 5 acres of land on the Mile End Road, starting with the Queen's Hall, opened in 1887. By 1892 a library, swimming pool, gym and wint...
Thomas Henry Huxley. Biologist and anthropologist. Born Ealing. An early adherent to Darwin's theory of evolution, he was a strong supporter while also pointing out what he saw as flaws. At the R...
Professor of Indian languages. Born Charlton, London. Officer in the 3rd Gurkha Rifles. Won Military Cross in Palestine. Died at home, Bishop's Stortford.
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