Sir Joseph Banks, 1743-1820, President of the Royal Society, Robert Brown, 1773-1858, and David Don 1800-1841, botanists, lived in a house on this site. The Linnean Society met here 1821-1857.
W1, Soho Square, 31-32
The lettering is above the right-most potted scrub. Incidentally, the photograph of the building catches a typical London sight - a van driver trying to escape before the uniformed warden completes his parking ticket.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Botanists
Near this place on July 29th 1921 George Lansbury led the people and councillors of Poplar on their march to the high court for the equal...
Laurie Cunningham, 1956 - 1989, football legend, pioneering England international, played for Leyton Orient FC, 1974 - 1977. Nubian Jak C...
Jessica Tandy, 1909 - 1994, actress and star of 'Driving Miss Daisy', was born here. London Borough of Hackney
English Heritage Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, 1887-1976, was born here.
There are 8 Courts running off the north side of this section of Fleet Street and on the ground at the entrance to each Court is a plaque...
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