Renowned Shakespearean actor and philanthropist.
Also known as Ned Allen. Born London near Bishopsgate and baptised at St Botolphs in 1566. Theatre manager and actor. Owned the Manor of Dulwich and founded the Fortune Theatre in EC1 and almshouses nearby, Dulwich College, and Alleyn's School. Favourite actor of Elizabeth I and James I. Died at home at Dulwich.
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Edward Alleyn
The original buildings of Dulwich College, founded in 1619 by Edward Alleyn a...
This sculpture depicts a scene on a stage, in which Alleyn is acting with a y...
Good master Edward Alleyn's Fortune Theatre stood on a site near here in 1600.
The church has two information boards, both of a standard design, which we wo...
Shipbuilder and philanthropist. Founder of a shipyard in Blackwall, which was subsequently taken over by his three sons, Frederick, Henry and Richard. George endowed several schools in Poplar.
Founded by W. F. R. Stanley as the Stanley Technical Trade School. It was taken control of by Philip Harris, and Croydon Council and the local community of South Norwood agreed that it should be ca...
Alan Charles Senitt was born on 26 December 1978, the eldest of the three children of Jack Adrian Senitt (1949-2011) and Karen B. Senitt née Kosky (b.1952). His birth was registered in the 1st quar...
Trained as a minister but worked as a tutor. Elected Fellow of the Royal Society through his friendship with Isaac Newton. Unmarried. Died in Coleman Street. Buried in Bunhill burial ground.
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