Sculptor. Born Fulham. City and Guild Art School Newsletter 2014 confirms that 'Navigation' (being conserved by the school at the time of publication) is by Bentham, who studied at the school.
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Percy George Bentham
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Navigation
Given the dates of the sculptor (b.1883) the figure was clearly not on the 18...
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M. L. Watson
Born Cumberland. Other work includes a statue of Queen Elizabeth I for the Royal Exchange.
2 memorials
Hedley Hope-Nicholson
Barrister, literary critic and Charles I obsessive. He hyphenated his Nicholson with his wife's Hope. Andrew Behan researched this eccentric character, bur first a preamble from Andrew: "I couldn'...
2 memorials
1 memorial
Sir John Steell
Born John Robert Steell, Aberdeen. Queen Victoria's official sculptor in Scotland, his work includes the Walter Scott statue at the Scott Monument in Edinburgh and Robert Burns in Albert Square, Du...
2 memorials
Thomas Milnes
Sculptor. Born near Doncaster. He sculpted some lions for Nelson's column but they were rejected and those by Landseer used instead. Milnes's lions were used by Titus Salt at Saltaire. (Date of bir...
1 memorial
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Desiderius Erasmus
Catholic priest, social critic, teacher, and theologian. Born Rotterdam, date approximate. First visited London in 1499 and often stayed with Thomas More in Chelsea, a friend for over 30 years.
3 memorials
Camp Griffiss / Widewing
WW2 US military base in Bushy Park named after the first American aviator killed in Europe in WW2. Four blocks of temporary buildings were constructed in 60 acres in the north-east section of Bush...
18 memorials
Tommy Steele
Musician and actor. Born Thomas William Hicks in Bermondsey. He was promoted as the British Elvis Presley and had his first chart success with 'Singin' the Blues'. Many hits followed and in time, h...
2 memorials
John Wesley Seale
Sculptor. Born Wiltshire. His son, J. H. G. and his grandsons, J. H. and A. B., all became sculptors. John Wesley died at home, Swiss Cottage, Jardin Street, Albany Road, Camberwell.
19 memorials
Gladys Wundowa
Gladys Ama Addae was born on 14 March 1955 in Ghana. After coming to the UK she married Emmanuel B. Wundowa in the Tower Hamlets registration district in February 1991. They had two children: Azuma...
3 memorials
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