Company created by William Randolph Hearst's father and made extremely successful and powerful by WRH.
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Hearst Corporation
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Eagle Squadrons
{On the front of the pillar, facing north, into the square, below a carved im...
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Daily Courant
First daily newspaper to be published in England. Published by Elixabeth Mallet from rooms above the White Hart in Fleet Street. 2022: Londonist, rightly, draws attention to the fact that this, Br...
2 memorials
Peter Warlock
Born The Savoy Hotel, as Philip Arnold Heseltine. Peter Warlock was his pseudonym. Journalist, music critic and composer. His music was heavily influenced by Elizabethan and Celtic culture. Influen...
2 memorials
Charles Hoy Fort
Writer, thinker, humourist and investigator. Promoted scientific investigation of the paranormal. Born New York state, came to Europe aged 22. Returned to New York and married Anna in 1896. He bega...
Person, Journalism / Publishing, Literature, Paranormal, USA
2 memorials
Sunbeam
Children's comic published by James Henderson and Sons. It featured 'Dr Rhino's Jolly Jungle Boys' and 'Willie And Winnie And Wuffles The Pup'. Originally called 'Sparks' it went through various ch...
1 memorial
Allen Lane
Publisher. Born as Allen Lane Williams in Bristol. His uncle was (the childless) John Lane, founder of the Bodley Head publishing house who took him, aged 17, into the business. At this time it was...
1 memorial
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Tower Hamlets Council
The name was originally applied to the Tower division of the county of Middlesex. This division was a liberty, i.e. it was an autonomous area under the jurisdiction of the Constable of the Tower of...
54 memorials
George Lansbury
Born Suffolk. Member of the Poplar Borough Council 1903 - 1940, Mayor 1919 - 20 & 1936 - 37. Member of Parliament, Minister of the Crown, Privy Councillor. Leader of the Labour Party 1932 - 35...
Person, Journalism / Publishing, Politics & Administration, Social Welfare
7 memorials
Broadway Palace
From Cinema Treasures : "... built for and operated by Browning, Hillier & Batley. The name was changed to Broadway Palace Theatre in around 1936 and the operator was given as A.H. Batley, one...
4 memorials
St Anne's Church Limehouse - WW1 memorial
E14, Three Colt Street, 7
The quotation "Greater love ... his friends." is from the biblical book of John 15.13. But we cannot find any source for the quotation "O...
War dead | WW1
463 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
463 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
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