O.B.E., M.D., D.P.H., Metropolitan Borough of Saint Pancras, 1844 - 1959. Worked in the polio field.
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Dr. Dennis Geffen
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Dennis Geffen
The Geffen Public Health Annexe. Dennis Geffen O.B.E., M.D., D.P.H., Metropo...
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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
William Moorcroft
Pioneer veterinary surgeon, Asian explorer. Born Lancashire. First Englishman to qualify as a vet, in France, during a revolution. He set up in practice in Oxford Street, creating a horse hosp...
Person, Animals, Exploring, Medicine, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Tibet, Uzbekistan
1 memorial
Capt. H. A. Fenton, LMSSA (London)
Assistant Commissioner in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 (Prince of Wales's) District, 1928-1939. Officer in the Order of St John. SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 19 MARCH, 1946 carries th...
Person, Armed Forces, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
1 memorial
St John Ambulance
The St John Ambulance Association was set up in 1877 by the Order of St John to teach industrial workers first aid, so that they could provide on-the-spot treatment in emergencies. The St John Am...
5 memorials
Melanie Klein
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...
1 memorial
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The Round School
It was the principal elementary school in Wimbledon Village, run as a charity school for poor children. Amongst its trustees was William Wilberforce who lived locally. Lord Nelson also donated mone...
1 memorial
1 memorial
Edward Cooper, VC
Awarded the VC for his heroism on 16 August 1917, age 21, while serving in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps. "Enemy machine gun fire from a blockhouse was holding up the battalion’s advance. With four ...
War served, WW1
1 memorial
1 memorial
West India Docks
A series of three docks on the Isle of Dogs. Their construction was largely the responsibility of Robert Milligan, who had managed his family's Jamaica sugar plantations. He became outraged at loss...
1 memorial
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