Artist.
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John Reardon
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Dead Parrot monument
Created by artist John Reardon, in homage to the Monty Python's Flying Circus...
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Mary Lowndes
Artist, suffragette and founder of Artist Suffrage League in 1909. Born Dorset. Trained in stained-glass work. Lived and worked in Chelsea. The photo shows Lowndes in 1890.
Royal Society of Arts
Founded by William Shipley as the "Society of Arts" in Rawthmell's Coffee House. They carried on meeting in coffee houses and taverns but as the society grew they needed more space. Shipley rented ...
William Powell Frith
Painter. Born Yorkshire. Moved to London in 1835. Died Carton Hill. Wikipedia gives his birth day as "19" but the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography and My Yorkshire both give "9".
Kate Greenaway
Illustrator of children's books and poet. Born 21 Cavendish Street N1 (now entirely post-war blocks of flats). She and her family moved to Upper Street in 1852. She worked for London branch of Marc...
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Fortune Theatre - EC1
Knowledge of London says: "One of the earliest theatres, the Fortune Theatre . . . was first opened in 1600 by Philip Henslowe and Edward Allen {Alleyn}. It burnt down in 1621 and was rebuilt soon ...
Rudolf Nureyev
Ballet dancer. Born Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev on a Trans-Siberian train near Irkutsk, Siberia, while his mother was travelling to Vladivostok. In 1958, he joined the Kirov (later renamed as Mariin...
Tallow Chandlers Company
Tallow chandlers make candles and other products from animal fat. the Company originated as a religious fraternity. 1456 granted a coat of arms. 1462 became a Livery Company.
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