Mine-owner in Dulais Valley, Wales, near Neath. Named his mine after his seven sisters. High Sheriff of Breconshire 1913. Father of David, who hyphenated his surname thus making it different from his father's. Died in Cadoxton House, St Cadwas.
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Evan Evans Bevan
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Evan Evans Bevan
David Hopkins has kindly provided the translation for us. Dave says "I was pu...
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Josiah Wedgwood
Master potter. Born in Burslem, Stoke, Staffordshire, into a potters family. Married his cousin, Sally. Childhood smallpox left him with a limp. His inability to operate the potters wheel meant he ...
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Ludwig Mond
Born in Germany. Studied chemistry and then worked in factories, coming to England in 1862. Following marriage in 1866 Frida and Ludwig moved to England, had two sons: Robert (see the Infants Hospi...
Sir Richard Arkwright
Industrialist and inventor. From Preston. Set up a factory with a newly designed method of cotton-spinning. He worked his employees, including children, very hard and became very rich.
Mark Tibbs
Professional boxer from Canning Town who worked in the Royal Docks.
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Beryl Brownsword
Architect and conservationist. After WW2 she worked in the architectural practice run by Richard Sheppard. She was particularly active in the Bedford Park Society where she monitored planning appli...
Evelyn Underhill
Christian mystic, novelist and pacifist. Born Wolverhampton. 1907 married the barrister Hubert Stuart Moore, whom she had known since childhood, with no issue. Died Hampstead.
Dennis Bergkamp
N7, Hornsey Road, Emirates Stadium
The statue was unveiled in Bergkamp's lifetime which puts him in a select club - see Fenner Brockway statue.
Beethoven's 9th
W1, Regent Street, 252, NatWest Bank
The British Premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, commissioned by the Philharmonic Society of London, was given on 21 March 1825 in the...
Stuart Freeborn
E11, Grove Green Road, 351
Darth Vader and his Storm Troopers were present at the unveiling.
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