Person    | Male  Born 25/11/1812  Died 25/7/1887

Henry Mayhew

Social researcher and journalist. Born London. Joint founding editor with Mark Lemon, of the magazine 'Punch' and author of 'London Labour and the London Poor'. Born into a wealthy London family, of seventeen children. Died 8 Tavistock Street. Good article at London Historians.

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Henry Mayhew

Henry Mayhew, 1812 - 1887, founder of 'Punch' and author of 'London Labour an...

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Chris Scales

Heritage Officer at Southwark Council.

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William Bridges Adams

William Bridges Adams

Author and engineer. Born in Woore, Shropshire. He invented the 'Adams Axle' which was used on British trains throughout the steam age. His writings include 'English Pleasure Carriages' and 'Roads ...

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Henry White

Henry White

Edited the Sunday Times, from the first edition in 1822.

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Lord Leslie  Haden-Guest

Lord Leslie Haden-Guest

Born Oldham. Author, journalist, doctor and member of parliament. Served in the Royal Army Medical Corps in the Boer War, WW1 and WW2, winning a Military Cross. First Jewish Labour Party candidat...

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Punch magazine

Punch magazine

Founded in early June 1841 at a meeting at the Edinburgh Castle public house in the Strand, attended by Henry Mayhew, brewery manager Mark Lemon, and engraver Ebenezer Landells.  The first issue wa...

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