Born near Liverpool, son of the Danish Consul. Became an architect in the Arts and Crafts style, specialising in churches. The splendid 1 Millbank was built for the Church Commissioners in 1903. Died at a house he had built in Cyprus, where he spent the winter months.
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William Douglas Caroe
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Harrow on the Hill war memorial
Names are inscribed on the vertical faces of the 4 steps leading up to the pl...
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W. G. R. Sprague
Born in Australia the son of an actress. Worked for Matcham for a time. Designed many famous London theatres, including the Notting Hill Gate Coronet (1898), Wyndhams (1899), the Albery (1903) an...
3 memorials
John Meard Junior
Apprenticed to his father in August 1700 – ‘John Meard Citizen and Turner... his father and Master admitted to this Freedom’ (Freedom Admissions Register of the Turners’ Company). On his father’s ...
1 memorial
Lewisham Priory
The home of philanthropist John Thackeray. It was built in the gothic style with extensive gardens. The site of the house is now occupied by the Seventh Day Adventist Church, at 428 Lewisham High S...
1 memorial
Whitehall
Major road in London, running from Parliament Square to Trafalgar Square. The name is derived from the Whitehall Palace which stood here and was almost completely destroyed by fire in 1698. The Ban...
1 memorial
George Edmund Street
Born in Woodford, Essex His chief work was the Royal Courts of Justice (1868-81) in the Strand.
1 memorial
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Sir Frederick Hopkins
Biochemist. Born Frederick Gowland Hopkins at 16 Marine Parade, Eastbourne. He studied at Guy's Hospital, where he received the University of London gold medal. In 1897 he became the first lecturer...
2 memorials
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