Albert Dew

Albert Dew

Born 10/2/1896, 129 years ago

Albert William John Dew was born on 10 February 1896 in Bermondsey, the eldest of the three children of William Dew (1869-1941) and Ellen Azalia Dew née Barrell (1874-1956). His father was a G.P.O....

Person, France

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Nicholas Dimbleby

Nicholas Dimbleby

Died 10/2/2024, 1 year ago

Son of Richard and younger brother of the better known David and Jonathan.

Person, Art

1 memorial
Albert Francis

Albert Francis

Died 10/2/1917, 108 years ago

Information about the early life of Albert Henry Francis is somewhat lacking. Whilst it is known that he was born in Marylebone, no date can be found, nor any information about his family. In 1916...

Person

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Joyce Grenfell

Joyce Grenfell

Born 10/2/1910, 115 years ago

Born Joyce Phipps in Montpelier Square, London. Her mother was sister to Nancy Astor, MP, so she was "well brought up". Aged 19 she married Reggie, her husband until her death. The picture is a se...

Person, Cinema, Humour, Theatre

2 memorials
William Henry Hunt

William Henry Hunt

Died 10/2/1864, 161 years ago

Watercolour painter. The picture is a self-portrait. Baptised in what is now Endell Street. Sickly and lame from childhood, he was also very short and less than handsome. But he seems to have been ...

Person, Art

1 memorial
Charles Lamb

Charles Lamb

Born 10/2/1775, 250 years ago

Born at 2 Crown Office Row, Inner Temple. Studied at Christ's Hospital where he became friends with Samuel Taylor Coleridge. "Elia" is the pseudonym Lamb used for a series of essays he wrote for th...

Person, Literature

7 memorials
Joseph Lister

Joseph Lister

Died 10/2/1912, 113 years ago

Born in Upton, Essex. Died in Walmer, Kent. Pioneer in the use of antiseptics in surgery. The medical historian, Ruth Richardson, has an interesting piece in the Lancet reporting on how Agnes his w...

Person, Medicine

3 memorials
Hugh William McGlashon

Hugh William McGlashon

Born 10/2/1873, 152 years ago

Despite the 1872 year of birth shown on the plaque on McGlashon House in Hunton Street, London, E1, Hugh William McGlashon was born on 10 February 1873, in Limehouse, the third of the six children ...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Thomas Melhuish

Thomas Melhuish

Died 10/2/1945, 80 years ago

Thomas Henry Melhuish was the youngest of the seven children of Vincent Lawrence Melhuish (1890-1944) and Lucy Melhuish née Barnett (1893-1959). His birth was registered in the 1st quarter of 1924 ...

Person

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Gordon Pirie

Gordon Pirie

Born 10/2/1931, 94 years ago

Athlete. Born Douglas Alastair Gordon Pirie at 123 Beckett Street, Leeds. BBC sports personality of the year in 1955, when he out-ran the triple gold medallist Emil Zatopek. He broke five world rec...

Person, Sport / Games

1 memorial
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