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King's College Hospital

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Stood at Portugal Street / Carey Street from 1839 to 1913, when it moved to Denmark Hill, to a site given to it by WFD Smith, of W.H.Smiths.

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King's College Hospital

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Robert Bentley Todd

The statue was originally erected in the great hall of the old King's College...

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King's College Hospital

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Smiths - King's College Hospital

This plaque was placed on the Hospital's centenary. WH Smiths had given the H...

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F. J. Warwick, MB (Cantab), MRCS

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