Anarchist. Born Milan, Italy. Worked as a railroad fitter. One of a number of anarchists who were taken in for questioning following a bomb that went off in Milan killing 17 people. Pinelli was seen to fall to his death from a fourth floor window of the Milan police station. An investigation found his death to have been an accident. And Pinelli was cleared of involvement in the bombing. Dario Fo's play 'Accidental Death of an Anarchist' was inspired by Pinelli's story.
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Guiseppe Pinelli
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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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Sir John Reader Welch, Bt, MA
Chairman of the Planning and Communications Committee in 1982 for opening Tower Bridge to the public.
William Morris Hughes
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George Berridge
Commoner on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894.
Putney Debates
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William Huskisson
SW1, St James's Place, 28
London County Council William Huskisson, 1770 - 1830, statesman lived here.
The Woking Martian
GU21, Crown Square, Woking
Around the sculpture are several pavement slabs representing the bacteria, which were the downfall of the Martians.
Sir Gerald du Maurier
Actor-manager. Born at 27 Church Row, the last and fifth child of George du Maurier. As a child he would pose for his father's drawings. A close associate of J M Barrie he was the first actor to pl...
Robert Bentley Todd
Physician. Born in Dublin. He became licensed at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, then moved to London, where he practised medicine and lectured. Best known for describing the condition po...
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