Born Elstow, Bedfordshire. A tinker by trade he became a travelling preacher. Unlicensed he was imprisoned 1660-1672. Wrote The Pilgrim's Progress. Died of a fever at Snow Hill, Holborn and is buried in Bunhill Fields. His will, dated 1685, lay undiscovered in his house in Bedford, hidden behind a brick in the chimney, until that was demolished in 1838.
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John Bunyan
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Saki
Hector Hugh Munro was born on 18 December 1870 in Akyab, Burma (now called Sittwe, Myanmar). He adopted the pen name of Saki in 1900. He travelled widely and was in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914 when t...
1 memorial
William Ford Robinson Stanley
Inventor, manufacturer and philanthropist. Born William Ford Robinson Stanley in Islington. He filed 78 patents for precision drawing, mathematical and surveying instruments, as well as telescopes....
Person, Architecture, Art, Engineering, Literature, Philanthropy
5 memorials
Hanif Kureishi
Novelist, playwright and screenwriter. Born in Bromley, Kent. He started his career as a pornography writer, but progressed to writing plays for several London fringe theatres. His novels include '...
1 memorial
Dick Whittington's cat
See Dick Whittington. The picture is the charming logo adopted by the Whittington Hospital on Highgate Hill.
1 memorial
Voltaire Foundation
The Voltaire Foundation is a research department in the University of Oxford, publishing in the area of the Eighteenth century, especially the French Enlightenment.
1 memorial
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George Peabody
Philanthropist. Born Massachusetts, USA, descended from English immigrants to America. A merchant businessman who moved into banking, in partnership with J. S. Morgan and became extremely wealthy. ...
4 memorials
Frank Dobson
Sculptor. CBE, RA. Born at Queen Charlotte's Hospital, Marylebone Road, London. Enlisted with The Artists' Rifles in World War I. Died Princess Beatrice Hospital, Kensington. (Not to be confused wi...
3 memorials
Lady Kathleen Scott
Sculptor. Born as (Edith Agnes) Kathleen Bruce, in Nottinghamshire. Married Captain Scott (of the Antarctic) in 1908 and was given the title Lady which she would have received, had he returned ali...
2 memorials
Alexandra Palace
The materials used in the construction of the 1861 International Exhibition were sold and re-used in this building. Named after Princess Alexandra, newly married to the Prince of Wales, opened as "...
2 memorials
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