Architectural historian and author of "The Buildings of England". Born in Leipzig, Germany. Hitler's rise to power caused him to move to London in 1935. Buried in the churchyard of St. Peter's at Clyffe Pypard, Wiltshire.
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Sir Nikolaus Pevsner
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Sir Niikolaus Pevsner - blue plaque
Sir Niikolaus Pevsner, 1902 - 1983, architectural historian, lived here from ...
Sir Nikolaus Pevsner - black plaque
He lived here for nearly 50 years from 1936 until his death in 1983.
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Herbert Arthur Welch
Architect. He started his career with Raymond Unwin, working on Hampstead Garden Suburb, and Hendon Fire Station. He later joined Felix Lander and Cachemaille-Day. His surname is mistakenly given a...
2 memorials
1 memorial
Robert Weir Schultz
Scottish Arts and Crafts architect, artist, landscape designer and furniture designer. He did much work on the Isle of Bute. Almost all of his buildings are now category A listed buildings, reflect...
Person, Architecture, Craft / Design, Gardens / Agriculture, Scotland
1 memorial
Edward Welby Pugin
Architect. Born Ramsgate, son of Augustus Welby. Designed Catholic churches in the neo-Gothic style. Surviving works in London: St Monica's and English Martyrs in Prescot Street E1. Died at ho...
1 memorial
Holman & Goodrham
Architects active in 1912. George Edward Holman (1862-1921/2) and Henry Robert Goodrham (1863-1937). More about them at Lea Bridge Heritage. We believe we have "Goodrham" correctly spelt but o...
1 memorial
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Frank Pick
NW11, Wildwood Road, 15
Note the use of London Underground’s own typeface, Johnston Sans.
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Emery Hill
Brewer and benefactor in the parish of St Margaret Westminster. In 1708 founded 12 almshouses and a school in Rochester Row on land leased from Westminster Abbey. The almshouses were consolidated w...
1 memorial
Skiffle
A short lived music genre of the 1950s. A mixture of jazz, blues and folk music, it originated in the United States earlier in the century. In Britain, its main performer was Lonnie Donegan, who be...
1 memorial
Daniel Mendoza
Pugilist. Born in the Aldgate parish, date uncertain (possibly 1765). Champion who proudly billed himself as 'Mendoza the Jew'. He also taught the sport and wrote 'The Art of Boxing', published ...
2 memorials
17 Bruton Street
The London home of the Earl and Countess of Strathmore from 1920. The house from which their daughter married the Duke of York (the future King George VI) and the house to which the couple moved ju...
1 memorial
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