Born Norwood, Surrey. Art and literary scholar and museum administrator. He was director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge from 1876 to 1884, and then keeper of the department of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
He became a friend and mentor to Robert Louis Stevenson. Died 35 Palace Gardens Terrace, Kensington.
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Sir Sidney Colvin
Unveiled by William Holman Hunt. There must have been a committee to erect th...
Dedicated to preserving the history of the Crystal Palace.
Firemen Remembered is an independent charity dedicated to recording and remembering firemen and firewomen who served in the London Region in WW2 and commemorating those who died. See also the Fire...
Their address is: New Inn Broadway London EC2A 3PR. From their website: "In 2008, a team of archaeologists from MOLA discovered the remains of The Theatre, one of London’s earliest playhouses, bur...
This group still exists as a charity, but they do not seem keen to give away any information about themselves.
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