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The Economist
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James Wilson - gone
Marble and said to be 12-foot high but that must be including the pedestal, s...
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
The Economist
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James Wilson - gone
Marble and said to be 12-foot high but that must be including the pedestal, s...
Lord Drogheda
{Plaque on wall to left of sculpture reads:} Eclipse by Angela Conner. The ...
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Richard Church
Poet and writer. Born Richard Thomas Church in Battersea. He worked as a civil servant, before taking up writing full-time in 1933. His poems include 'Solstices', 'A House in Winter' and 'The Man W...
William Strahan
The Aldersgate printer of John Wesley's Journal. Born Edinburgh. Also printed the works of Samuel Johnson, David Hume, Adam Smith and Edward Gibbon.
Person, Commerce, Journalism / Publishing, Politics & Administration, Religion, Scotland
Edward Lloyd
Publisher and newspaper proprietor. Born Thornton Heath. His publishing career began at the lower end with sensational stories and Charles Dickens' plagiarisms/parodies, such as 'Oliver Twiss' and ...
Ruth First
South African freedom fighter. Born Johannesburg. Married Slovo in 1949; the writer Gillian Slovo is their daughter. Killed by a parcel bomb addressed to her in Mozambique where she was living in e...
Person, Journalism / Publishing, Nationalism, Race Issues, Africa, South Africa
Free Russian Press
Established by Herzen in London 1853. See our plaque page for its various addresses around Bloomsbury. See the picture source for much more information.
Concept, Journalism / Publishing, Politics & Administration, Russia
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Emily Wilding Davison
Militant suffragette. Born Roxburgh House, Vanbrugh Park Road, Greenwich (see Running Past for info about the house). Brought up in Hertfordshire until aged 11 when the family returned to London. H...
Bankers Clearing House - 4
EC4, Lombard Street, Post Office Court
This panel refers to no bank. It references Peace, a common wish, but since the panel apparently came off a building that was erected 193...
Friends’ Meeting House - Hammersmith
W6, Furnivall Gardens
Looks like something used to be mounted on the granite top of this pillar, but what? This memorial was probably erected in 1951 when the ...
Institute of Taxation
In 1932 the Institute was formally incorporated and also created the first widely accepted professional qualification in the subject. In 1994 it was granted a Royal Charter.
John Whitgift
Elizabeth I's last Archbishop of Canterbury. The palace used as a summer retreat by the Archbishops of Canterbury was in Croydon and here in 1596 Whitgift founded an eponymous school. Memorable da...
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