Politician. Born David Grüen in Ptońsk, Russian Empire (modern day Poland). In Palestine in 1919 he founded a socialist party and led the Mapai (Labour) party from 1930. He participated in the St James Conference in London in 1939, which tried to solve the problem of Palestine. Became first Prime Minister of the state of Israel in 1948. Died in Tel Aviv-Yafo.
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David Ben-Gurion
Greater London Council David Ben-Gurion, 1886-1973, first Prime-Minister of I...
Born Bishop Middleham, County Durham. Poet, playwright and public servant. He went to sea as a young man, but after finding it did not agree with his health, took up a position in the Treasury. H...
Person, Poetry, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Theatre
Member of the Commissioners of the 1890 Bermondsey Library.
Medical Officer of Southwark Council in 1936 - 56, at least. Andrew Behan has kindly provided this research: Dr William Stott, MB, BS, DPH was born on 16 June 1891. Electoral registers for 1933 an...
Poplar councillor imprisoned during the 1921 rates protest.
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Scientist, artist, etc. - a polymath, the first "renaissance man". Born in Vinci, Italy (No? Really?). Died in France.
Born in New York, child of recent immigrants, achieved fame as a violinist at age 7. Spent most of his career in Britain, becoming a British citizen in 1985. Initially working in the classics, as p...
Looking at London has a page about these little blue people but even there we can find no origin story explaining why and when the first such statues were erected. We note that there seems to be a ...
