From the Survey of London and Ezitis (excellent) we learn that the five storey Cornwall House, built as warehouse for H.M. Stationery Office, was completed in the middle of WW1 and so was used unti...
Stood at Portugal Street / Carey Street from 1839 to 1913, when it moved to Denmark Hill, to a site given to it by WFD Smith, of W.H.Smiths.
Psychoanalyst and pioneer of child analysis. Born with the surname Reizes in Vienna. Her 1903 marriage to Arthur Klein led to the end of her education, 3 children, frequent home moves and divorce...
Like Keats Knight trained in medicine at Guy's Hospital. Knight failed to write any acclaimed odes but, unlike Keats, went on to work at Guy's throughout his career as a consultant physician with a...
Corps Secretary in the St John Ambulance Brigade, Metropolitan Corps, 1887-1889.
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
Discovered the bacilli for anthrax, tuberculosis and cholera. A founder of bacteriology. Born Clausthal, Germany. Died Baden-Baden, Germany.
The medicinal powers of the spring were supposed to help people with poor eyesight. The spring ran dry after the construction of a sewer in the late 19th century. Careful not to confuse this Ladyw...
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