Born in Upton, Essex. Died in Walmer, Kent. Pioneer in the use of antiseptics in surgery. The medical historian, Ruth Richardson, has an interesting piece in the Lancet reporting on how Agnes his wife, was his co-worker in some of his research. And the BBC reported on an interesting operation by Lister that Ruth discovered.
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Joseph Lister
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Joseph Lister bust
{Inside the bronze wreath on the back of the edifice:} 1827 - 1912 {The oth...
Joseph Lister - W1 - lost
One of the more 'storied' plaques in the official London plaque scheme. A 'me...
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Jean-Paul Marat
Physician, political theorist, scientist, radical journalist and politician from the French Revolution. Murdered in his bath by Charlotte Corday.
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1 memorial
Cedric Keith Simpson
Forensic pathologist. Born Brighton. When Simpson became interested in forensics Bernard Spilsbury was practically the only other person in the field. Spilsbury was not interested in training other...
1 memorial
Human BSE Foundation
The Human BSE Foundation website seems to have moved and we cannot locate it.
1 memorial
Friends of the Royal London Hospital
Registered charity also known as 'Friends of the London Hospital (Whitechapel)' and 'League of Friends'. We're guessing that this is the current form of the 1908 "friends of the hospital" that erec...
1 memorial
Medical College of St Bartholomew's Hospital
From AIM: "Medical students at St Bartholomew's Hospital are first recorded in 1662. The School and the Hospital were formally separated in 1921, when the School was incorporated with a new title,...
1 memorial
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R.M. Robbins
Author of "The History of London Transport" published in 4 vols 1974- 1976
1 memorial
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1 memorial
Tsunami in the Indian Ocean
More than 230,000 people died, 153 being British.
Event, Tragedy, Africa, Burma, India, Indian Sub-continent, Indonesia, Malaysia, Southeast Asia
1 memorial
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