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
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Mary Prince, 1788 - 1833, abolitionist and author, lived in a house near this site in 1829. Nubian Jak Community Trust London Borough of...
This small enamel plaque looks as if it was installed when the cottages were first constructed. There may be eight versions of this littl...
Henry Cotton, 1907 - 1987, champion golfer, lived here. English Heritage
English Heritage Sir Stewart Duke-Elder, 1898 - 1978, ophthalmologist, lived and worked here, 1934 - 1976.
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