German composer and musician of the Baroque period. Born into a musical family.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
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Sir Adrian Boult
Conductor. Born Adrian Cedric Boult in Chester. He studied in London and Leipzig, and conducted for the Royal Opera House. He became conductor of the City of Birmingham Orchestra in 1924, and was a...
1 memorial
Pop goes the weasel
World Wide Words provides the following explanation: Some of the references are now quite opaque, but we can take a fair shot at a few. In the second verse, the City Road was, still is, a well-know...
1 memorial
Gregory Isaacs
Reggae singer. Born Gregory Anthony Isaacs in Kingston, Jamaica. He recorded many successful albums in Jamaica and Britain. Died in Harrow, at the house with the plaque.
1 memorial
Dusty Springfield
Singer. Born Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien in Hampstead. In 1956 she joined an all-girl trio called the Lana Sisters and in 1960 formed the Springfields group with her brother Tom. She w...
1 memorial
Fred Astaire
Dancer, singer, actor. Born and died America. Brother and sister, Frederick and Adele Austerlitz, started as children as vaudeville performers. Between 1917 and 1932 they appeared in musical shows ...
1 memorial
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Sir William Hooker
Botanist. Born William Jackson Hooker at 7 Magdalen Street, Norwich. He collected specimens of mosses from Scotland and Iceland. Became first director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in 1841. Fat...
Person, Gardens / Agriculture, Science, Iceland / Faroe Islands, Scotland
1 memorial
Stones End fort
SE1, Borough High Street, Southwark Police Station
Historic Southwark Here was "Stones End" where "Town Street" met the old turnpike road, one of the parliamentary forts erected to defend...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Roger Fry - W1
W1, Fitzroy Square, 33, London Foot Hospital
Historian Sir David Cannadine, and Frances Spalding, Fry's biographer, were present at the unveiling.
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator