Daniel Mendoza, pugilist, 1764 - 1836, English champion who proudly billed himself as 'Mendoza the Jew', lived here when writing 'The Art of Boxing'.
Tower Hamlets Environment Trust
E2, Paradise Row, 3
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Daniel Mendoza
Pugilist. Born in the Aldgate parish, date uncertain (possibly 1765). Champi...
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Daniel Mendoza
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An information board provides: "The end of Inner Temple Hall facing Elm Court is the Knights' medieval crypt and buttery, the oldest room...
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