Person    | Male  Born 11/4/1755  Died 21/12/1824

James Parkinson

Physician, geologist, political activist. Parkinson's disease is his. Born 1 Hoxton Square. Died at home, 3 Pleasant Row, Kingsland Road.

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James Parkinson

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James Parkinson

James Parkinson, 1755 - 1824, physician and geologist, lived here.

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Sir William Leishman

Sir William Leishman

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King George Hospital, HMSO, Stamford Street

King George Hospital, HMSO, Stamford Street

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1 memorial
Bromley by Bow Health Centre opened

Bromley by Bow Health Centre opened

The Bromley by Bow Centre grew out of a church group.  In 1997 they opened the Healthy Living Centre which includes an NHS surgery, a cafe (very reasonably priced with great home-made cake on the d...

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1 memorial
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Bartlett

Surgeon Accoucheur - French for obstetrician surgeon.

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1 memorial
Dr. Edward Adrian Wilson

Dr. Edward Adrian Wilson

Born Cheltenham. One of Scott's four companions who died with him, returning from the South Pole. Cheltenham honours Wilson with a statue on the Promenade and an exhibition in the town museum.

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2 memorials