Person    | Male  Born 11/7/1795  Died 16/5/1862

Thomas Wakley

Categories: Medicine

Reformer and founder of "The Lancet" - begun in Oct 1823. Spoke in Parliament in defence of the Tolpuddle Martyrs. See Caroline's Miscellany for more information.

Born Membury, Devon. Buried at Kensall Green Cemetery.

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Thomas Wakley

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Thomas Wakley

London County Council Thomas Wakley, 1795 - 1862, reformer and founder of "T...

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Dr. Joseph Rogers

Dr. Joseph Rogers

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R. Connon Robertson, LMSSA, LSA

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C. J. Fitch

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Sir William Leishman

Sir William Leishman

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Spedan Tower(s)

Spedan Tower(s)

The house was bought by John Lewis in the late 1880s. Apparently, whilst looking for a new home for his young family, he hired a hansom cab and drove out in a different direction each day with his ...

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Kilburn Wells Spa - pavement plaque

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Dennis Geffen

Dennis Geffen

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The Geffen Public Health Annexe. Dennis Geffen O.B.E., M.D., D.P.H., Metropolitan Borough of Saint Pancras, 1844 - 1959.

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Fawcett frieze - 40, Singh

Fawcett frieze - 40, Singh

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Most statues have plinths, which often carry the identity of the statue but little more. The plinth for this Millicent Fawcett statue is ...

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Sir Leonard Hutton - brick sculpture

Sir Leonard Hutton - brick sculpture

SE11, Kennington Oval, John Edrich Gate

Unveiled by Hutton's widow.

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