Person    | Male  Born 27/10/1917  Died 24/4/1993

Oliver Tambo

Born Mbizana, in what is now Eastern Cape.
President of the African National Congress. Fled to the UK from South Africa in 1960 to run the ANC abroad. Returned to South Africa after the collapse of apartheid, but died there from a stroke.

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Oliver Tambo

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Nelson Mandela - bust

The original sculpture was offered to the Greater London Council in 1984 and ...

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Sam March

Sam March

Poplar councillor imprisoned during the 1921 rates protest.

Person, Politics & Administration

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Revd. J. C. Pilkington, MA

Revd. J. C. Pilkington, MA

One of the managers of the 1873-75 changes at Aske’s Hospital.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Sir Robert Walpole

Sir Robert Walpole

First Prime Minister of Great Britain. An early political victim of satire, the target of Swift, Pope, Fielding, Johnson, Hogarth and Thomas Gay. Walpole responded by setting up the office of the...

Person, Politics & Administration

3 memorials
Josiah Wedgwood

Josiah Wedgwood

Master potter. Born in Burslem, Stoke, Staffordshire, into a potters family. Married his cousin, Sally. Childhood smallpox left him with a limp. His inability to operate the potters wheel meant he ...

Person, Craft / Design, Industry, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Seriously Famous

4 memorials

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Hubert Bennett

Hubert Bennett

Architect to the LCC/GLC in 1956-71. Born Lancashire. Died Guildford. The photo shows Bennett in the white jumper at a building site preparing for the 1951 Festival of Britain.

Person, Architecture

1 memorial