It can trace its origins back to 1553, when King Edward VI re-established St Thomas' hospital, having been closed during the Reformation. In 1721, Thomas Guy funded the building of the hospital which now bears his name. Foundation trust status was achieved in 2004.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Guy's & St Thomas' Charities Foundation
Jonson seems to have had a special ability with elegies for children, not lea...
On this site, poet & apothecary John Keats, & his friend, the poet, a...
Unveiled by Andrew Motion, author of a Keats biography. The quotation comes ...
{On a nearby modern plaque:} The London Bridge niche. Portland stone. The sto...
Born Paris. Worked with malaria.
Founder of Guy's Hospital. Born 7 Pritchard's Alley, Fair Street, Horsleydown. This is now the section of Tower Bridge Road between London City Mission and Tower Bridge Primary School. A bookselle...
Person, Benefactor, Medicine, Politics & Administration, Race Issues
Dean of the Medical and Dental Schools at Guy's Hospital in 1964. Born Scotland. Lost an eye in WW1.
District Officer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, Metropolitan Corps, 1891-1936. Officer in the Order of St John.
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
Writing her book 'Eat Sweat Play: How Sport Can Change Our Lives' Anna Kessel, was shocked at the lack of recognition for sportswomen from the past. Hence the Blue Plaque Rebellion, set up with the...
Borough of Lewisham Thankfull Sturdee, 1852 - 1934, local historian and photographer, lived here, 1900-1903.
Mentioned as early as 1077, the present church was built with funds left by Charlton House's owner Sir Adam Newton. Spencer Perceval is buried here.
On the south side of the monument is a simple crest with three roses and a chevron inverted with the Latin text "Detur Gloria Soli Deo" (...
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