Place    From 6/1/1725 

Guy's Hospital

Categories: Medicine

Founded by Thomas Guy in concept in 1721 but it was not until 6 January 1725 that the first sixty patients were admitted.  Aim 25 have a good summary of the history.  Guy's and St Thomas' are considered the two oldest teaching hospitals in London.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Guy's Hospital

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Doctor Alfred Salter - Bermondsey Station

{Upper plaque:} In memory of Bermondsey GP, Dr. Salter, 1873 - 1945, who devo...

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Doctor Alfred Salter - SE1

Alfred Salter Playground Dr Alfred Salter studied medicine at Guy's Hospital ...

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Evelina Children's Hospital

(In the circle at the centre of the ‘pediment’, with a trumpeting angel on ei...

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Florence Nightingale Garden

{Left hand plaque:} The Nightingale badge awarded between 1925 - 1996. {Cent...

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Great Maze Pond

That's all well and good, but was there a maze? All that text and not a word...

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This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
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Evelina Children's Hospital at Guy's

Jonson seems to have had a special ability with elegies for children, not lea...

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London Bridge alcove at Guy's Hospital

{On a nearby modern plaque:} The London Bridge niche. Portland stone. The sto...

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Viscount Nuffield statue

This is one of only a handful of statues in London unveiled while the subject...

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Friends of the Royal London Hospital

Friends of the Royal London Hospital

Registered charity also known as 'Friends of the London Hospital (Whitechapel)' and 'League of Friends'. We're guessing that this is the current form of the 1908 "friends of the hospital" that erec...

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1 memorial
Miss J. M. Hoare, MBE

Miss J. M. Hoare, MBE

Lady District Officer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, Metropolitan Corps, 1893-1932. Commander (Sister) in the Order of St John.

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1 memorial
Royal College of General Practitioners

Royal College of General Practitioners

Founded in London. Instituted in November 1952, and granted its Royal Charter in 1972.

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G. C. Green

G. C. Green

District Staff Officer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District Metropolitan Corps, 1902-1952. Officer in the Order of St John.

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1 memorial
Dame Louisa Brandreth Aldrich-Blake, DBE, MD, MS

Dame Louisa Brandreth Aldrich-Blake, DBE, MD, MS

Surgeon (and a skilled boxer and cricket-player).  Born Essex.  Studied medicine at the London School of Medicine for Women. Her Wikipedia page gives much information about this lady. Louisa Brand...

Person, Medicine

1 memorial