Founded by Douglas Macmillan as the Society for the Prevention and Relief of Cancer, it has operated under several name, including Macmillan Cancer Relief. There are over 3,000 Macmillan Nurses throughout Britain, providing palliative care to cancer sufferers.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Macmillan Cancer Support
Douglas Macmillan, 1884 - 1969, founder of Macmillan Cancer Relief, lived her...
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Architect. Born Walter Adolph Georg Gropius in Berlin. He founded the Bauhaus school. His door handle designs are still being made today. At the rise of Hitler he and his wife Ilse moved to London ...
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