Born Shrewsbury. Music historian. Father of Fanny Burney. In 1783 he was appointed organist at Chelsea College where he lived for the rest of his life, dying there in 1814.
See Caroline's Miscellany for his memorial in St Paul's Deptford.
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Dr. Charles Burney
Commemorated ati
Sir Isaac Newton's house- detailed
plaque inside building at top of stairway directly facing entrance
Wine Office Court
The Rhymers' Club is not specifically mentioned on the plaque but Ye Olde Che...
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Wembley History Society
This group still exists as a charity, but they do not seem keen to give away any information about themselves.
1 memorial
1 memorial
Sir Clements Markham, K.C.B., F.R.S.
12 years President of the Royal Geographic Society. Born at Stillingfleet, Yorkshire. Drowned crossing a river in Peru.
1 memorial
Japan-British Culture Memorial Club
We can find no information about this group so we guess it was short-lived and dis-banded once the memorial was unveiled.
1 memorial
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Organisation responsible for the collection, conservation, and interpretation of Pennsylvania's historic heritage.
1 memorial
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Alfred Hutchinson
Lived at 62 Highbury Park and died on either 14 or 16th (sources differ). A Highbury Community Association newsletter of 2011 reports on a contemporary search for funds to repair the clock. Seems ...
1 memorial
Guglielmo Marconi
Born Bologna. Arrived in London, with his mother, in 1896 to patent his method of communication without wires. In 1897 he established the Wireless Telegraph & Signal Company, which survived und...
4 memorials
Caitlin Deaneglis
One of a list of 26 researchers involved in researching Hester Leggatt's background.
1 memorial
Whetstone Society
In their July 2012 newsletter the Friern Barnet and Whetstone Residents’ Association report "WE sadly have to report that our companion organisation “The Whetstone Society” has closed. The chairman...
1 memorial
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