Founded in 1681 by a land charter granted by Charles II to William Penn.
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Tower Liberty
We normally rotate our memorial pictures as necessary to make sure the statue...
William Penn
William Penn, quaker, born on Tower Hill, baptised in + All Hallows Church, 2...
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Mr Deputy Hora
One of the managers of the 1873-75 changes at Aske’s Hospital. Very strange form of his name but we found another reference at City Affairs from London, 18 December 1897: "In Portsoken, there is a ...
1 memorial
Edward White
Churchwarden of St John the Baptist upon Walbrook in 1884. Given the shared surname we thought this might be the Reverend White's son, Edward, but he would have been only 11 in 1884 so it's not hi...
1 memorial
Alexander MacLaren
Baptist preacher. Born Glasgow. President of the Baptist Union, 1875-6 and 1901-2. Died Edinburgh.
1 memorial
Ba Jin
Author and political activist. Born China as Li Yaotang. Ba Jin was his pen name. Learnt and advocated Esperanto. Spent 1927-8 in France. Returned to Shanghai. From 1983 suffered with Parkinson's...
1 memorial
Failure of the World Disarmament Conference
Wikipedia. War in History refers to the efforts to prohibit aerial bombing.
1 memorial
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Robert Browning
Poet and playwright. Born Camberwell. His works include ‘Home Thoughts from Abroad’ and ‘The Pied Piper of Hamelin’. He fell in love with Elizabeth Barrett and married her secretly because of her ...
7 memorials
George Nissel
Born Transylvania, studied engineering. His sister Dorothy married Dallos and in May 1937 they all came to London. As an enemy alien was not allowed to fight in WW2 but after the war he gained Brit...
1 memorial
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