Sculptor. Born Wiltshire. His son, J. H. G. and his grandsons, J. H. and A. B., all became sculptors. John Wesley died at home, Swiss Cottage, Jardin Street, Albany Road, Camberwell.
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Gillian Wearing
Artist. Gillian C. Wearing, CBE, RA, was born on 6 December 1963 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, (now Birmingham, West Midlands), a daughter of Bryan J. Wearing and Jean R. Wearing née Gregory. She c...
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Aimé-Jules Dalou
Sculptor. Born and died in Paris. Fervent supporter of the Paris Commune. When this was suppressed he escaped to London in July 1871, and only returned to Paris in 1880 when pardoned in the general...
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Alma Boyes
Also the bronze sculpture of Guy the Gorilla at London Zoo which she made in collaboration with wildlife artist William Timym.
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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)...
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N. Burton
District Staff Officer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District Metropolitan Corps, 1908-1954. Officer in the Order of St John.
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
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Hackney Council
Hackney Council was created in 1965 from the 3 Metropolitan Borough Councils of Hackney, Shoreditch and Stoke Newington, all three of which had been created in 1900. Previously they had been paris...
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World War 1
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came along at which point it was renamed as World War One or the First World War. But the term was first used in print in 1920...
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LSHTM - Nightingale
WC1, Gower Street, School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
This listed building was designed by Vernor Rees in 1926, one of the first steel-framed buildings ever erected. The balconies are decorat...
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