Architect, pupil of Wren. Born Aberdeen. Died at home in Henrietta Street. Buried at old parish Church of St Marylebone.
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James Gibbs
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St Clement Danes
St. Clement Danes Built by the Danish community in the ninth century and rebu...
St Peter's Vere Street
St. Peter's Church, Vere Street, was designed by James Gibbs, built by Edward...
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Glasgow School of Art
Founded in 1845 as the Glasgow Government School of Design. It changed to its current name in 1853. The main building, shown in the picture, in Renfrew Street was designed by Charles Rennie Mackint...
1 memorial
Sir Nikolaus Pevsner
Architectural historian and author of "The Buildings of England". Born in Leipzig, Germany. Hitler's rise to power caused him to move to London in 1935. Buried in the churchyard of St. Peter's a...
2 memorials
2 memorials
1 memorial
Joseph Aloysius Hansom
Architect, founder/editor of The Builder and inventor of the Hansom cab. Born York as Josephus Aloysius Handsom(e) into a Roman Catholic family. Made a habit of snatching failure from the jaws o...
1 memorial
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WC1, Queen Square
We are familiar with the "pensioner crosses road" syndrome in local newspapers but this is our first sighting of it in a plaque.
2 subjects commemorated
DC Jim Morrison
Detective Constable with the Metropolitan Police. Fatally stabbed when, although off duty, he attempted to arrest a bag thief and died, aged 26, on 13 December 1991. Posthumously awarded the Queen'...
1 memorial
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