Nurse of King Henry VI circa 1420-30. When she retired she rented a house in Giltspur Street from St Bartholomew's Hospital.
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Dame Joanna Astley
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St Bartholomew's Hospital - Astley
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Sir Astley Paston Cooper
Surgeon and anatomist. Born Norfolk. Studied at St Thomas's. 1800 he was appointed surgeon to Guy's Hospital. Fellow of the Royal Society. Professor of comparative anatomy to the Royal College of S...
1 memorial
Women + Health
From their website: "... started in the 1980’s by a group of local women from Somers Town who had decided that they needed an informal environment in which they could learn more about their health,...
1 memorial
Breast Cancer Care
Charity providing support for women with breast cancer. Founded by Betty Westgate, five years after she was diagnosed with the disease. Originally called the Mastectomy Association; the name was ch...
1 memorial
W. Humphris Winny, OBE, AMIEE
Commissioner in the St John Ambulance Brigade, Metropolitan Corps, 1891-1927. Knight Grace in the Order of St John. The 1904 publication "St Martin-le-Grand, Vol. XIV" contains an article written ...
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
1 memorial
Dr John Waggett
At Elsevier Ruth Richardson writes:"That year {1882}, Dr John Waggett MD FRCS (1818–1909) decided to donate funds sufficient to erect a drinking fountain on the crest of London’s Notting Hill. Dr W...
1 memorial
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