Physician specialising in a type of epilepsy.
Born Yorkshire. Died at home at 3 Manchester Square.
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Dr Owen Lankester
Chairman of the East End Maternity Hospital, 1902 - 1933. His obituary in Medical News 6 January 1934 tells us: Born Alfred Owen Lankester, brother to (the later) Sir Ray Lankester. Died at home...
Doctor John Fry
General practitioner and medical author. Born Jack Freitag in Lublin, Poland, he emigrated to Britain with his family in 1925. He trained at Guy's Hospital, and in 1947, single-handedly took over a...
Lord Brock
Surgeon. Born Russell Claude Brock at 840 Old Kent Road, London. While working in America he developed an interest in thoracic surgery. He pioneered several new techniques, including open-heart sur...
Walter Reed
American army surgeon prominent in proving that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes. Born Belroi, Virginia. Died Washington.
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Henry Peter, Lord Brougham
Born in Edinburgh. Died in Cannes, France, where, despite the plaque in Grafton Street, he apparently spent much of his last 30 years, indeed he seems to have effectively created Cannes. As a young...
John Birnie Philip
John Birnie Philip was born on 23 November 1824 in London, the third son of the five children of William Philip (1781-1865) and Elizabeth Philip née Rhind (b.1786). His father was a tailor and he ...
Maureen Davies and the wild women of Wapping
Ran a vigorous campaign in the 1980s. Set up the Turk's Head Company, a charity to improve local life, bought the derelict building from the Council and restored it. From the picture source: " It...
Simon Callow
Actor, director, writer. Born Streatham.
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
London borough formed by the London Government Act of 1963. The constituent parts were almost all of the Municipal Borough of Barking and the greater part of the Municipal Borough of Dagenham.
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