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Rahere

Founded St Bartholomew's Hospital and Priory in 1123, including the church of St Bartholomew the Great, following a vow made while sick on a pilgrimage to Rome. Prior to that he had been a courtier to King Henry I. His tomb is in St Barts. Kipling wrote a poem about him. Londonist has covered this story in rather more detail. 

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Rahere

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St Bartholomew's Hospital - founding

{The cornice above the arch reads:} St Bartholomew's Hospital, founded by Ra...

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St Bartholomew's Hospital - Victorian extension

{On the frieze above the pillars:} Saint Bartholomew's Hospital, Founded by...

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Dr. Louisa Garrett Anderson

Dr. Louisa Garrett Anderson

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Friends of the Royal London Hospital

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Dr William H. Brotherton

Dr William H. Brotherton

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1 memorial
German Hospital

German Hospital

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Dr. Ian Goodson Wickes

Dr. Ian Goodson Wickes

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Person, Medicine

1 memorial