Social researcher and teacher. Born Richard Morris Titmuss at Farm lane, Stopsley, near Luton. He became concerned with the social differences between the north and south of England, publishing 'Poverty and Population' in 1939. In 1942 he was made chair of the London School of Economics, where he transformed the teaching of social work and social workers. Died in the Central Middlesex hospital.
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Richard Titmuss
Richard Titmuss, 1907 - 1973, social scientist lived here, 1951 - 1973. Engli...
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Boarding School. First mentioned in 1813, but probably built some years before that. Its most famous pupil was Edgar Allan Poe, who was educated there from 1817 to 1820.
Elizabethan seafarer. With Robert Bell he co-founded the St Mary Rotherhithe Free School, to educate the sons of local seafarers.
Also known as Ned Allen. Born London near Bishopsgate and baptised at St Botolphs in 1566. Theatre manager and actor. Founder of Dulwich College, almshouses near the theatre in Bath Street and Alle...
