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King's College, London

Categories: Education

Founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington (then PM). In 1836 Kings with University College London formed the foundation of the University of London. Kings has five campuses: Strand; Guy's; St Thomas'; Waterloo and Denmark Hill.

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King's College, London

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Kings College - Strand

The college was founded by King George IV in 1829.

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King's College, London

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DNA at Kings

Near this site Rosalind Franklin, Maurice Wilkins, Raymond Gosling, Alexander...

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Edward Appleton

Professor Sir Edward Victor Appleton King's College London Nobel Laureate I...

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Franklin, Gosling, Stokes, Wilson, Wilkins

R. E. Franklin, R. G. Gosling, A. R. Stokes, M. H. F. Wilkins, H. R. Wilson ...

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James Maxwell - WC2

James Clerk Maxwell FRS King's College London Professor of Natural Philosop...

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Mercers' School

Mercers' School

An independent school in the City of London dating back to at least 1542. Operated by the Worshipful Company of Mercers. In 1542 the Mercers’ Company purchased the site of the Hospital of St Thoma...

Group, Education

2 memorials
Caroline DeCamp Benn

Caroline DeCamp Benn

Educationalist and writer. Born Cincinnati, Ohio. She came to Britain in 1948 to study at Oxford. There she met Tony Benn, who became her husband. An advocate of comprehensive education, she co-fou...

Person, Education, Literature, Politics & Administration, USA

1 memorial
Carew Manor Special School

Carew Manor Special School

Now called Carew Academy. It teaches pupils aged 7 to18, with a wide range of ability levels and additional learning and complex needs.

Building, Children, Education

1 memorial
Twyford C. of E. High School

Twyford C. of E. High School

Set up by the London Diocesan Board for Schools. It opened as a result of a concerted campaign by local parents. The admission criteria for the school favour students from practising Christian or o...

Place, Education

1 memorial
Kanae Nagasawa

Kanae Nagasawa

Became a student at UCL in 1865.

Person, Education, Japan

1 memorial

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Stepney Borough Council

Stepney Borough Council

Former London borough which is now part of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Group, Politics & Administration

3 memorials
Spitalfields weaving industry

Spitalfields weaving industry

Many of the Huguenots that arrived here in the 16th and 17th centuries were skilled silk weavers and set up looms in their homes in Spitalfields. The Spitalfields textile trade thrived until the mi...

Concept, Commerce, Craft / Design

2 memorials
Jewish expulsion and resettlement

Jewish expulsion and resettlement

In 1290 Edward I expelled Jews from England and for centuries, apart from those that practised their religion in secret, there were no Jews in England.  In 1657, following a petition to Cromwell an...

Event, Politics & Administration, Religion

4 memorials
Chelsea Embankment memorial - restored

Chelsea Embankment memorial - restored

SW3, Chelsea Embankment, Albert Bridge Gardens

An unusually decorative and high quality plaque for such a mundane event. We don't know whether it refers to a restoration of just the me...

1 creator
Ava Gardner

Ava Gardner

Actor. Born near Smithfield, North Carolina, USA. Married: Mickey Rooney, Artie Shaw, Frank Sinatra (divorced 1957). This last was a famously stormy and passionate romance. Aged 33 moved to Madrid,...

Person, Cinema, Seriously Famous, Spain, USA

2 memorials