Zoologist. Born Worcester. 1827 sailed to Newfoundland where his interest in entomology began. He also travelled to Alabama and Jamaica studying the local natural sciences, returning to London in 1846. He was then one of the people who introduced aquariums to the viewing public. At one time a lay preacher, he rejected Darwin's evolution theory in his 1857 book 'Omphalos'. Father of Edmund.
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Philip Henry Gosse
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Philip and Edmund Gosse
Here lived Philip Henry Gosse, 1810 - 1888, zoologist. Sir Edmund Gosse, 1849...
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Janani Luwum
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Collegiate Church of St Martin
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Marshall's Charity
Created in John Marshall's 1627 will to support the Anglican Church and still going strong in 2012.
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Lady Morgan
The only Lady Morgan we can find is the Irish novelist Sydney, Lady Morgan (1781? - 1859). In 1833 she spent time in Belgium and then wrote the novel ‘The Princess’ set there, so, it might be her. ...
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Lord Delfont
SW1, Coventry Street, Prince of Wales Theatre
In our photo the Delfont plaque is just to the left of the white van, though when we photographed it it was high up on the building. Grac...
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