Born Barnsley, Yorkshire. Died Changsha, Hunan, China
(340 miles north of Canton), where he was buried.
English missionary to China. Founded the China Inland Mission in 1865 which at his death included 205 mission stations with over 800 missionaries, and 125,000 Chinese Christians.
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James Hudson Taylor
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James Hudson Taylor
James Hudson Taylor used these premises (1872 - 1895) for the work of the Chi...
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Rev. Walter Horne
Vicar At St Philips Lambeth in 1895. Vicar at St. Saviour's in Brixton. Died Felixstowe where he was vicar. Information from EstateDocBox. From Core: Horne co-wrote an instructional article, “Some...
1 memorial
Sir Thomas Docwra
Grand Prior of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, 1501-1527. In 1504 he rebuilt St John's Gate. We guess the Docwra family are descended from Sir Thomas or his family.
1 memorial
Saint Alban
Venerated as the first-recorded British Christian martyr. Traditionally believed to have been beheaded in Verulamium (modern St Albans) sometime during the 3rd or 4th century. His attributes are: ...
1 memorial
Don Luigi Sturzo
Italian Catholic priest and prominent politician, one of the fathers of the Christian democratic platform. One of the founders of the Italian People's Party in 1919, but was forced into exile in 19...
1 memorial
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John Skinner Prout
WC1, Marchmont Street, 41 & 43
These two plaques are next door to each other and were unveiled on the same day. We attended the event, and since this street is becoming...
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Amelia Edwards
Egyptologist, novelist, journalist, traveller. Born Colebrook Row, Islington. First visited Egypt in 1873 and co-founded the Egypt Exploration Fund in 1882. Never married and bequeathed her collect...
1 memorial
Dame Myra Hess
Pianist. Born Julia Myra Hess in South Hampstead. She studied at the Guildhall School of Music and the Royal Academy of Music. During WW2, when concert halls were blacked out at night, she organise...
1 memorial
Peter the Great
Born in Moscow as Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov. He was created joint czar with his mentally disabled half-brother Ivan V, in 1682. In 1697 he set off for a tour of Europe, in which he amassed knowledg...
3 memorials
Juan Pablo Viscardo y Guzman
Peruvian essayist, herald of Latin American Independence.
1 memorial
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