Born Canterbury. Studied at Oxford, Rome and Vicenza. Physician to Henry VIII. After 11 years as a doctor he became a priest, giving away his wealth to promote the study of medicine and establishing the Royal College of Physicians, of which he was the First President 1518 - 24.
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Thomas Linacre
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Linacre bust
This bust is fixed to the wall of the building in the garden seen in the pict...
Thomas Linacre
In a house on this site lived Thomas Linacre, physician 1460 - 1524. Corpora...
Other Subjects
St Barthomews Hospital - East wing
Placed at the service of the war office during the Great War and was occupied by sick and wounded soldiers of the British Expeditionary Forces from October 1914 until the 31st January 1918. 5406 s...
1 memorial
Chelsea Hospital for Women
Set up in a house at 178 King's Road, this hospital, like many at the time, quickly found its premises too small. It moved into the first hospital to be built dedicated to gynaecological diseases, ...
1 memorial
W. A. Rushmere
District Officer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District, 1909-1951. Serving Brother in the Order of St John.
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
1 memorial
Dr Watson
John H. Watson, MD, friend of Sherlock Holmes.
3 memorials
1 memorial
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London Bridge - begun in 1967
EC4, King William Street, Adelaide House
This building has a claim to be London's oldest skyscraper.
1 subject commemorated,
3 creators
David Kuhrt
Artist and poet active in 1990. His lettering business was named Novalis and his assistant on the Bentley plaques was Yolande.
2 memorials
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Daylight Saving Time
The idea of adjusting clocks in order to benefit from daylight was first proposed in New Zealand in 1895, and was first implemented by Germany and her allies in WW1 (to save coal). William Willett...
2 memorials
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