Group    From 1882 

Regent Street Polytechnic

Categories: Education

Initially known as the Young Men's Christian Institute this was founded by Quentin Hogg out of the ruins of the Royal Polytechnic Institution.

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Regent Street Polytechnic

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Quintin Hogg at Cavendish Square

London County Council Quintin Hogg, 1845 - 1903, founder of the Polytechnic,...

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Quintin Hogg at the Poly

Quintin Hogg, educator & Christian benefactor, expanded his work by found...

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University of Westminster - Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd Between 1962 - 1966, Nick Mason, Roger Waters, and Richard Wright ...

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Holmwood

Holmwood

British History Online 1 gives "The mathematician Charles Babbage (1792-1871) and the novelist Captain Frederick Marryat (1792- 1848) attended a school run by the Revd. Stephen Freeman in a house i...

Building, Education

1 memorial
Imperial Institute

Imperial Institute

Established in 1887 to promote research that would benefit the British Empire. From 1893 it was housed in a building in Exhibition Road, designed by T. E. Collcutt. This was demolished in the 1950s...

Building, Education, Science

2 memorials
Colin Ward

Colin Ward

Anarchist writer. Born Wanstead. Served in the army in WW2, and worked as an architect 1952 - 61. Published on education, architecture and town planning. Guardian obit.

Person, Architecture, Education, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Cardinal Griffin School / Blessed John Roche Catholic School

Cardinal Griffin School / Blessed John Roche Catholic School

British History Online provides: The school was designed by David Stokes and was constructed 1950-2. The buildings were placed on the northern half of the site and the southern half was landscaped....

Building, Education

2 memorials

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Sir Alfred Ayer

Sir Alfred Ayer

Philosopher professor. Born Neville Court, Abbey Road. Married 4 times, twice to the same woman. At one stage he rejected atheism on the grounds that any discussion about religion was meaningless. ...

Person, Philosophy

1 memorial