Document adopted by the United Nations General Assembly at its third session on 10 December 1948. Eleanor Roosevelt chaired the committee that drafted it and our image shows her holding the Spanish language version.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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Human Rights tree
Tulip Tree Planted 1998 to mark the 50th anniversary of the signing by the Un...
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St Pancras Housing Society
Responsible for, among others, the 1927 Garden Estate in Somers Town. A pamphlet, 'Forever Building;A Short History of the St. Pancras Housing Society 1924-1954' was published in 1955.
1 memorial
St Joseph's Almshouses
Roman Catholic almshouses, funded by Joseph and Mary Knight. Designed by Pugin, building began in 1847. 24 cottages were planned but only 18 built, in two blocks of 9, at the north-east corner o...
2 memorials
Charles Booth
Philanthropist and shipowner. Born 27 Bedford North Street, Liverpool. On his father's death he took control of the family shipping business and extended it to include steamships. Following his inv...
2 memorials
Jabez West
Campaigning working-man and temperance advocate. Son of a blacksmith from Princes Risborough, he came to Bermondsey in the 1830s and worked in the leather trade. Campaigned for political reform, th...
1 memorial
John Howard
Prison reformer. Born Hackney. Travelled throughout the UK and then further afield investigating the state of welfare in prisons and doing what he could to improve it. Died in Kherson in the Ukrain...
2 memorials
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Caxton Hall - head 2 - Caxton
SW1, Caxton Street, 10, Caxton Hall
Normally both Chaucer and Caxton are shown with full beards but the facial hair on head number 6 looks slightly more like Chaucer's, whic...
1 subject commemorated
Ricardo Street School air raid - Fire Brigades Union plaque
E14, Kerbey Street, Lansbury Lawrence Primary School
We can't find an image of the school that was bombed. An early school appears on this 1895 map, occupying the northern part of the site, ...
Civilian war dead | WW2
7 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
7 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
niece of Ann E. L. Crofton
January 1904 erected a cattle trough in memory of her aunt, Ann E. L. Crofton.
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Iyengar Yoga
A form of Hatha Yoga in which there is a focus on the structural alignment of the physical body through the development of asanas. It aims to unite the body, mind and spirit for health and well-being.
1 memorial