Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
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James W. Brown
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John Franklin statue
{On the front of the plinth:} To the great arctic navigator and his brave co...
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Admiral Arthur Phillip
Founder and first governor of Australia. Born in the ward of Bread Street. Entered the Royal Navy 1753. In 1787 he led a fleet of 11 ships, with a complement of four companies of marines as well a...
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...
Thomas Plater
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
Edward Whymper
Mountaineer and wood-engraver. Born at Lambeth Terrace, Kennington Road. He trained as a wood-engraver, producing alpine scenery drawings. He made the first ascent of many peaks in the Mont Blanc M...
David Young
Role on the lost expedition: Boy on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
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John Newlands
SE11, West Square, 19
J.A.R. Newlands, 1837 - 1898, chemist and discoverer of the periodic law for the chemical elements, was born and raised here. Royal Socie...
Cherry Tree Trust
A privately funded charity established by Charles Pink. Its objective is to foster growth by finding a way to support small businesses.
G. F. Watts
Born in London. His piano-making father named him after Handel. Member of the Holland Park Circle, an informal group of 19th-century artists based in the Holland Park district, especially in Melbu...
Mary Macarthur
Suffragist and trades unionist. Born Mary Reid Macarthur in Glasgow. She was the general secretary of the Women's Trade Union League and was involved in the formation of the National Federation of ...
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