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Elisabeth Frink
Sculptor. Born Suffolk. May be best known for a series of male heads, which all have a jaw line rather like hers. Works in London include: Horse and Rider in Bond Street (Dover Street 1975-2018)...
David Parfitt
Sculptor. No information available but we don't think he's the same David Parfitt who paints lovely watercolour landscapes.
J. Starkie Gardner
Sculptor of, and historian on, decorative ironwork. Also wrote on geology and botany and collected fossils. His company, based in Lambeth, did all the metal work at 2 Temple Place, inside and out, ...
Hilda Seligman
Author and sculptor. Born Hilda Mary McDowell. In the 1930s she entertained both Mahatma Gandhi and Haile Selassie at her home in Wimbledon, and sculpted the bust of Selassie which now stands in Ca...
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Sir Arthur Eddington
Astronomer. mathematician and physicist. Born Arthur Stanley Eddington in Kendal, Westmorland. He is famous for his work concerning the theory of relativity, and wrote a number of articles explaini...
Sub-Lieutenant (A) Kenneth William Richter
Kenneth William Richter was born on 27 January 1920, the eldest of the four children of William Richter (1890-1934) and Harriet Martha Richter née Axon (1891-1970). His birth was registered in the ...
Ken Campbell
IG10, Baldwin's Hill, 40, Swiss Cottage
The location of the plaque is difficult to photograph because of a large hedge in front of the house. It can just be seen under the eaves...
Captain Edward Alfred Shaw
Edward Alfred Shaw was born on 16 May 1892 in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, the eldest of the ten children of the Reverend Edward Domett Shaw (1860-1937) and Agnes Shaw née Gilbey (1867-1944)....
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