Born Almora, India. Died London, Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1902 "for his work on malaria, by which he has shown how it enters the organism and thereby has laid the foundation for successful research on this disease and methods of combating it".
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Sir Ronald Ross
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Sir Ronald Ross
Greater London Council Sir Ronald Ross, 1857 - 1932, Nobel Laureate, discove...
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Dame Rosalind Paget
Nurse and midwife. Trained at the British Lying-in Hospital. She was the first superintendent, and later inspector general, of the Queen's Jubilee Institute for District Nursing at the London Hospi...
1 memorial
Cleveland Street Workhouse
Created with an Act of Parliament in 1775, initially for the parish of St Paul in Covent Garden, this is the most intact example of an 18th century workhouse institution left standing in London. Jo...
1 memorial
Sir Hans Sloane
Physician, benefactor of the British Museum and an early benefactor to the Chelsea Physic Garden. Responsible for the addition of milk to chocolate to produce a palatable drink. Born Killyleagh, Ir...
Person, Benefactor, Medicine, Museums / Libraries, Race Issues, Science, Ireland
8 memorials
Finsen light cure
The Faroese/Icelandic physician, Niels Ryberg Finsen, (1860 - 1904) won a Nobel Prize for inventing this while working in Denmark. After a time it was found to be dangerous rather than healing.
1 memorial
Nelson Hospital
Originally known as the South Wimbledon, Merton and District Cottage Hospital. It opened with six beds and two cots. It was renamed in 1905 to commemorate the centenary of Nelson's victory at the B...
1 memorial
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Sir Charles Santley
NW8, Blenheim Road, 13
Sir Charles Santley (1834 - 1922) singer, lived and died here. L.C.C.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Coopers' Corner
EC2, Basinghall Street
In our picture the blue plaque is above the orange barriers and the Coopers' Hall memorial is on the low wall to the left, in front of a ...
1 subject commemorated
1 memorial
Jacob the dray horse
SE1, Queen Elizabeth Street, The Circle
We are not convinced by the derivation of Horselydown. Horses don't lie down to rest, do they? We imagine this horse is named Jacob after...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Baynard's Castle
EC4, Riverside walkway
This area of London has changed beyond all recognition. A London Inheritance has done a great job reimagining how it used to be.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
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