Founded and then served for 46 years as Honorary Secretary and Chaplain of the German Hospital and was described in "Migration and Transfer from Germany to Britain, 1660-1914" as the "soul of the hospital". Also Honorary Secretary of the committee that built the extension.
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Rev. A Walbaum
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German Hospital - Duke of Cambridge
The Duke's name crops up quite often around here. Not surprising given his Ge...
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Sir Follett Holt, KBE
Railway engineer, very influential in Argentina where he was Chairman of many railway companies. Excelled at polo as a young man. First Chairman of the Tower Hill Improvement Trust. Our picture co...
1 memorial
Edward Williams
Poplar councillor imprisoned during the 1921 rates protest.
1 memorial
Dr William Henry Walter
Medical doctor and member of Brentford Council in 1909.
1 memorial
Jayaben Desai
Trade Unionist and teacher. Born as Jayaben Suryakant Patel in Dharmaj, Gujarat, India. She moved with her husband to Tanganyika (now Tanzania), but was forced to leave for Britain following the co...
1 memorial
F. Donald MacKenzie
Assistant Commissioner in the St John Ambulance Brigade, Metropolitan Corps, 1887-1910. Knight Grace in the Order of St John.
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
1 memorial
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St John of Wapping School
The school was originally founded in 1695, although its first location is unknown, as is its closure date. The bluecoat statues are probably the finest examples in London.
3 memorials
Sir Ernst Hans Josef Gombrich, OM, CBE, FBA
Art historian. Ernst Hans Josef Gombrich was born in Vienna, which was then part of Austria-Hungary. He fled to Britain, after his first book 'A Little History of the World' was banned by the Nazi ...
1 memorial
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