From their website: "We are The Dulwich Estate, a registered charity established by our founder Edward Alleyn in 1619 to offer educational opportunities to disadvantaged children. As a charity, we focus on education, sheltered homes for the elderly, and providing a place of worship in the community. We invest income from the land and property we own ..."
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Edward Alleyn’s Foundation / Dulwich Estate
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Edward Alleyn statue
This sculpture depicts a scene on a stage, in which Alleyn is acting with a y...
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Eton Boating Song
Written by William Johnson Cory. First performed in 1863, the first verse goes:. . . . Jolly boating weather, And a hay harvest breeze, Blade on the feather, Shade off the trees,...
1 memorial
Sir Thomas Dewey
President of the Prudential Assurance Company. Born Thomas Charles Dewey in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire. He joined the Prudential Company as a junior clerk and worked his way up. He lived in Bromley, K...
1 memorial
Johann Pestalozzi
Teacher and educational reformer. Born in Zurich. Motto "Learning by head, hand and heart". Wrote novels explaining his principles, e.g. 'Leonard and Gertrude', 1781. Died Brugg, Switzerland.
1 memorial
Florence Keen
Founder of the North Islington Infant Welfare Centre and School for Mothers in Holloway in 1913. At that time, around 10% of children in Islington died before their fifth birthday. She and her coll...
3 memorials
Friedrich Froebel
Educationalist and inventor of the kindergarten. Born Germany. Student of Pestalozzi. We first heard of Froebel when studying the great Frank Lloyd Wright whose mother, determined that baby Frank...
1 memorial
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