"El libertador". Born Caracas. Latin American statesman and patriot who worked to liberated Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru & Venezuela from Spanish rule. In London briefly in 1810. Died in Santa Marta, Colombia while preparing to return to Europe. Fitzrovia News carries an article about Bolivar's time in Fitzrovia.
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Simon Bolivar
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Francisco de Miranda stone plaque
Francisco de Miranda 1750 - 1816 lived in this house between 1803 and 1810....
Simon Bolivar - blue plaque
English Heritage Simon Bolivar, 1783 - 1830, liberator of Latin America, lod...
Simon Bolivar - stone plaque
Simon Bolivar el libertador. The great Latin American statesman and patriot w...
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V. K. Krishna Menon
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2 memorials
Sir William Wallace
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2 memorials
Daniel O'Connell
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1 memorial
General Bernardo O'Higgins
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2 memorials
Emiliano Zapata
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F. C. Murton
Young enough to be a 'Master' in 1883, so probably under about 15. Associated with the Wesleyan Schools, Leswin Road, 1883, a pupil, we'd guess.
1 memorial
Lorna Luft
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1 memorial
Roman building at Cannon Street
Londonist, our Picture source, have a good post on this. They write: "Underneath Cannon Street station is an enormous building that dates to around the late first or early second century AD. It was...
1 memorial
Lord Sandberg CBE
Trustee of The Memorial Gates Trust. Michael Graham Ruddock Sandberg was born on 31 May 1927, the youngest of the three children of Gerald Arthur Clifford Sandberg (1882-1954) and Ethel Marian Cli...
1 memorial
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