Comedian. Member of Monty Python's Flying Circus. Born Leicester. Went to Cambridge University and joined the Footlights Dramatic Club. After university he trained as a doctor but his comedy writing and performing career took over. Lived at 89 Southwood Lane, Highgate and drank rather too "copiously" at the nearby Angel Inn. Died Maidstone General Hospital.
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Graham Chapman
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Graham Chapman
Graham Chapman, "A very naughty boy", 8 January 1941 to 4 October 1989, comed...
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Thomas Hood
Born 31 Poultry and died at home in Devonshire Lodge, London. Example: "Ben Battle was a soldier bold, And used to war's alarms, But a cannon-ball took off his legs, So he laid down his arms."
4 memorials
Dame Gracie Fields
Entertainer. Born over a chip shop in Rochdale, Lancashire as Grace Stansfield. Worked at Gainsborough Film Studios. Gracie and her husband Archie moved from Upper Street, N1 in 1929 to The Towers...
4 memorials
Willie Rushton
Satirical cartoonist, comedian and author. Born 3 Wilbraham Place, Chelsea. Worked on 'That was the week that was', 'Not only...But also', 'I'm sorry I haven't a clue' (where he revelled in the arc...
2 memorials
Peter Cook
Comedian, satirist and "only twin". Born Torquay. Founded and owned 'The Establishment Club', 1961 - 64. Died in the Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead.
1 memorial
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian politician, instrumental in India's independence. Born as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi at Porbunder in Gujarat. Assassinated in Delhi on the way to prayers. There is another statue of Gandhi i...
Person, Nationalism, Peace, Politics & Administration, Seriously Famous, India
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Sydney Pigden
SE4, Turnham Road, Turnham Academy
Ian Wright unveiled this plaque. He had dedicated his 2016 autobiography 'A Life in Football' to Pigden and described him as “the first p...
1 subject commemorated
Thomas Tiplady
Born Yorkshire. Raised as a Methodist. Became a minister in the East End, a chaplain in WW1. Became Superintendent of the Lambeth Mission in London in 1922, and was there 32 years. Wrote many hymns...
1 memorial
Holocaust - SE1
SE1, Lambeth Road, Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park
At SCRSS we learn that regular remembrance ceremonies are held here on Holocaust Memorial Day (27 January, the anniversary of the liberat...
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