A London livery company. Originally part of the Grocers’ Company, they separated when they were granted their own royal charter in 1617. The Apothecaries Act of 1815 granted them the power to license and regulate practitioners of medicine in England and Wales. The society is based at the Apothecaries’ Hall in Blackfriars.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Worshipful Society of Apothecaries
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea The Chelsea Physic Garden was establ...
District Staff Officer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District Metropolitan Corps, 1903-1950. A/Commander in the Order of St John.
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
Founder of the first voluntary blood donor service. Born in Fish Street, St Ives, Cornwall. In 1921, he helped found the Camberwell division of the British Red Cross Society, and conceived the idea...
A physician specialising in kidney problems, he was credited with the discovery of Bright's Disease (now called Glomerulonephritis or Nephritis) through his research on patients who exhibited drops...
Commissioner in the St John Ambulance Brigade, Metropolitan Corps, 1891-1927. Knight Grace in the Order of St John. The 1904 publication "St Martin-le-Grand, Vol. XIV" contains an article written ...
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
Greater London Council George Edmund Street, 1824 - 1881, architect, lived here.
Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, 1864 - 1958, creator of the League of Nations, lived here. Greater London Council
Formed in Wimbledon as Wimbledon Old Centrals in 1889. Based at Plough Lane 1912 - 91. Winners of a unique cup double: the FA Amateur Cup in 1963 and the FA Cup in 1988. Nicknamed "the Dons" and th...
One of the managers of the 1873-75 changes at Aske’s Hospital.
Soldier and then member of parliament.
Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them