Person    | Male  Born 11/4/1755  Died 21/12/1824

James Parkinson

Physician, geologist, political activist. Parkinson's disease is his. Born 1 Hoxton Square. Died at home, 3 Pleasant Row, Kingsland Road.

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James Parkinson

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James Parkinson

James Parkinson, 1755 - 1824, physician and geologist, lived here.

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St Mary's Hospital Medical School

St Mary's Hospital Medical School

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Receiving House

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Building, Medicine, Tragedy

1 memorial
Miss M. M. Masson

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1 memorial
Robert Koch

Robert Koch

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First police training school

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1 memorial
Freddie Mercury

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Colen Campbell

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Person, Architecture, Scotland

1 memorial
Frederick Ashton Stratford

Frederick Ashton Stratford

A parishioner or member of the congregation of St Matthias, N16, who died in WW1.

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War dead, WW1
1 memorial