One of the first family planning clinics, founded in 1968 in Charlotte Street, by Jean Medawar and David Pyke.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Margaret Pyke Centre
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Sir Peter Medawar tree
The plaque is in front of a tree stump, so that accounts for the "lost" tree ...
Other Subjects
Thomas Guy
Founder of Guy's Hospital. Born 7 Pritchard's Alley, Fair Street, Horsleydown. This is now the section of Tower Bridge Road between London City Mission and Tower Bridge Primary School. A bookselle...
Person, Benefactor, Medicine, Politics & Administration, Race Issues
Thomas Hodgkin
Physician, pathologist, reformer and philanthropist., of Hodgkin's disease fame. Born Middlesex. Died Jaffa, Palestine (now Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel).
Royal National Throat Nose & Ear Hospital
From Lost Hospitals of London: "In 1862 Dr. Morell Mackenzie ... , one of the pioneers of laryngology, founded the Free Dispensary for Diseases of the Throat and Loss of Voice at 5 King Street (lat...
Capt. J. Calvin Lines
John Calvin Lines, District Treasurer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, Metropolitan Corps, 1891-1923. Honorary Serving Brother in the Order of St John.
Person, Armed Forces, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
Percy Lane Oliver
Founder of the first voluntary blood donor service. Born in Fish Street, St Ives, Cornwall. In 1921, he helped found the Camberwell division of the British Red Cross Society, and conceived the idea...
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Beatrix Potter
SW5, Old Brompton Road and Bolton Place, Bousfield Primary School
The address of Potter's house was 2 Bolton Gardens. From Londonist: She was born here and "Beatrix lived in the house until her marriage...
Gordon Campbell, VC
Naval Officer. In the North Atlantic on the 17th February 1917, he was commanding HMS Farnborough (Q.5). (Q ships were decoy vessels designed to lure submarines into making surface attacks). He not...
Plaque 1 - Geards
SW18, Chapel Yard, 2, Clore Building
Currently, 2011, used by the National Opera as a studio. The current building is a hall, opened in 1883, with a total of 6 plaques all on...
Auxiliary Firemen Victor Bruce Wratten
From the Sub Fire Station 6W, Cheyne Place. Died in a fire which took the lives of seven firemen, known as "The Wednesday".
Glaziers Hall
SE1, Montague Close
The Glaziers Hall The land in this area formed part of the site of the cloisters of the Church of St Mary Ouverie, now Southwark Cathedra...
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