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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Dulwich College

Dulwich College

Founded by Edward Alleyn as a school and almshouses. A chapel, a schoolhouse and twelve almshouses were built on Dulwich Green (see picture), and, extended and re-modelled, these buildings remain a...

Building, Education, Social Welfare

3 memorials
Clive Brain, OBE

Clive Brain, OBE

Clive Brian was born on 13 December 1939, the son of Frank Brain (1909-1969) and Nora Maude Brain née Fairweather (1907-1976). His birth was registered in the 1st quarter of 1940 in the Surrey Sout...

Person, Education, Tragedy

1 memorial
Tudor Hall - Barnet

Tudor Hall - Barnet

Funded by the first Governors of the Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School and the Corporation of London.  Now part of Barnet and Southgate College and used as a banqueting hall and conference space, et...

Building, Education, Property

1 memorial
WW2 service men and women who trained in Walthamstow college

WW2 service men and women who trained in Walthamstow college

Thousands of service men and women trained at the Walthamstow college: 1940 RAF; 1941 army; 1942 navy.

Group, Armed Forces, Education

1 memorial

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Kindersley Workshop

Kindersley Workshop

From the Workshop's website: "David Kindersley {1915–1995}, lettercutter, sculptor and inventor, started his workshop near Cambridge in 1946, having been apprenticed to Eric Gill. He was joined in ...

Group, Commerce, Craft / Design

1 memorial
Joseph Hermon Cawthra

Joseph Hermon Cawthra

Other work in London includes: the Mother and Child in Bishop's Park, Hammersmith; relief work on the Sadler's Wells Theatre, Islington; and the Britannia that looks down on Piccadilly Circus from ...

Person, Sculpture

2 memorials
Institution of Civil Engineers

Institution of Civil Engineers

The professional institution for civil engineers, with members in the UK and many other countries. Founded by Henry Robinson Palmer, James Jones and Joshua Field. Its first president was Thomas Tel...

Group, Engineering

3 memorials
Wang Zhiming

Wang Zhiming

Pastor and evangelist killed during the Chinese cultural revolution.

Person, Religion, Tragedy, China/Hong Kong

1 memorial
John Johnson

John Johnson

Architect. Born Hoxton. Our information comes from the Victorian Web which names many buildings that Johnson worked on. This is not the other John Johnson architect (1807 – 1878) who designed Alex...

Person, Architecture

3 memorials