Person    | Female  Born 7/2/1913  Died 3/5/2005

Lady Jean Medawar

Categories: Education, Medicine

Wife of Sir Peter Medawar, the man in our picture, and thus known as Lady Medawar. Worked passionately in the promotion of family planning, especially for young girls. Chair of the Family Planning Association. In the 1950s this was quite revolutionary.
Born in London.

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Lady Jean Medawar

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Sir Peter Medawar tree

The plaque is in front of a tree stump, so that accounts for the "lost" tree ...

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William Booth Memorial Training College

William Booth Memorial Training College

The headquarters of The Salvation Army leadership and officer training which delivers education and training programmes for the United Kingdom.

Building, Education, Religion

2 memorials
Hisanari Machida

Hisanari Machida

Became a student at UCL in 1865.

Person, Education, Japan

1 memorial
John Sparkes

John Sparkes

Principal of the Lambeth School of Arts 1858 - 1900. Born as John Charles Lewis Sparkes in Brixton. Began teaching at Lambeth in 1857. Cultivated a special relationship between the school and Doult...

Person, Art, Education, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
International Students House

International Students House

ISH began life in 1917 as Student Movement House, a social centre opened at 32 Russell Square in memory of students who died in WW1. 1932 - 46 the warden of Student Movement House was Mary Trevelya...

Group, Community / Clubs, Education

1 memorial
Palingswick House

Palingswick House

Former private house, school and home for diabetic children. Now the West London Free School.

Building, Education

1 memorial