Economist, politician and educational reformer. Born Salisbury. Blinded in a shooting accident as a young man. The first blind MP. As Postmaster General (1880-4) he developed the parcel post and introduced postal orders and the Savings Bank. Also worked to improve the living conditions of the poor, in the UK and in India. Married to Millicent. Died at home in Cambridge.
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Henry Fawcett
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Doulton drinking fountain - Henry Fawcett
{It's highly probable that the fountain had a plaque commemorating Henry Fawc...
Fawcett house - Vauxhall
We're not experts so we'll accept that the tree is a mulberry. And the tree e...
Henry Fawcett
Bronze. The delightful dolphin spout is very similar to that at St Dunstan's....
Henry Fawcett statue - lost
Donated by Henry Doulton and created in terracotta by Tinworth, who worked at...
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1 memorial
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Eduard Suess
Geologist, educationalist, economist, statesman. Expert on the geography of the Alps. Born 4 Duncan Terrace, of German parentage, grew up in Prague and Vienna. Died in Vienna.
Person, Economist, Education, Politics & Administration, Science, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Switzerland
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Dr Jimmy Mallon
Economist and political activist. Born James Joseph Mallon in Chorlton, Manchester. He served an apprenticeship as a jeweller, and In 1903 joined the Independent Labour Party and the Fabian Society...
1 memorial
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War dead, WW2
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Edward Gibbon - SW15
SW15, Upper Richmond Road, 139
Plaque unveiled by Professor David Wormersley who has written many books on Gibbon.
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Walklings Bakery bomb
SE1, The Cut, The Young Vic Theatre
The plaque was first erected in 1997 on the previous Young Vic building. London SE1 carries a good report of the second unveiling and rep...
4 subjects commemorated
Second Lieutenant Edward Luke Henry Bagot
Edward Luke Henry Bagot was born on 18 October 1896 the younger child of Major, The Honourable, Walter Lewis Bagot, DSO (1864-1927) and Margaret Jane Caroline Bagot née Cadogan (1856-1941). His bir...
War dead, WW1
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Alice Zimmern
NW5, Lissenden Gardens, 41-50 Clevedon Mansions
These flats were completed in 1906 and Zimmern was one of the first residents to move in.
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2 creators
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