Hippocrates
Presented by H.L. and M.S. Jackson
Site: UCL - Lewis's (2 memorials)
WC1, Gower Street, 136
"Lewis's" is carved up at the top of the building.
Hippocrates
Presented by H.L. and M.S. Jackson
WC1, Gower Street, 136
"Lewis's" is carved up at the top of the building.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Hippocrates
Greek physician, known as the father of medicine. Born in 460 BC on the isla...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Hippocrates
H. K. Lewis & Co. Ltd. Founded 1844 at 136 Gower St. by Henry King Lewis....
Number 12, the eastern half of the building on this concave corner is, 2014, occupied by Leon, but it used to be the pub The King Lud. Bu...
In the spandrels above the entrance door: "Bloomsbury Rifles Pro Patria Semper" ('for my country always'). The technique used for this le...
The figures either side represent Poetry and History. Ornamental Passions has no doubt that this bust portrays Homer. Who are we to argue?
{On the west side, beneath the relief depicting a scene with 5 people on a shore:} The discovery and fixing the site of Sydney on Wednes...
There's a suggestion in the sculpture that the face is actually a mask.
Nelly Power (1854 - 1887) actress & singer, lived here. The Music Hall Guild of Great Britain and America.
Social researcher and journalist. Born London. Joint founding editor with Mark Lemon, of the magazine 'Punch' and author of 'London Labour and the London Poor'. Born into a wealthy London family,...
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