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Moriaki Asakura

Categories: Education

Countries: Japan

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Became a student at UCL in 1865.

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Moriaki Asakura

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Japanese students at UCL

The monument is made of fine-grained gabbro, polished to a black, mirror-like...

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H.M.S. Victory VI

H.M.S. Victory VI

During WW1 Crystal Palace was used as a training establishment for the Royal Navy. It was officially known as H.M.S. Victory VI, and informally as HMS Crystal Palace. 125,000 officers and men were ...

Place, Armed Forces, Education

1 memorial
University of the Arts London

University of the Arts London

It has its origins in five previously independent colleges, which were brought together to form the London Institute in 1986. In 2003, it received Privy Council approval for university status and w...

Group, Education

1 memorial
Marcial Echenique

Marcial Echenique

Professor of Land Use and Transport Studies and Dean of Architecture at Cambridge.  Born Chile.  Awarded an OBE in 2009.

Person, Architecture, Education, Transport, Chile

1 memorial
Johann Pestalozzi

Johann Pestalozzi

Teacher and educational reformer.  Born in Zurich.  Motto "Learning by head, hand and heart". Wrote novels explaining his principles, e.g. 'Leonard and Gertrude', 1781.  Died Brugg, Switzerland.

Person, Education, Switzerland

1 memorial
Robert Raikes

Robert Raikes

Promoter of the Sunday School movement. Born and died Gloucester.

Person, Education, Religion

1 memorial

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Sir Walter Cope

Sir Walter Cope

Courtier of King James I. Probably born in Oxfordshire. Had Holland House built and died there.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Cecil Adair Leonard John Genin

Cecil Adair Leonard John Genin

There is some confusion over this man. Most records show him as 'Cecil Adair Genin' or 'Cecil A. Genin'. However, his death is recorded as 'Cecil Adair L. J. Genin' and probate records show him as ...

Person, Armed Forces, Tragedy

1 memorial
Shepherd's Well

Shepherd's Well

One of the two sources of the Tyburn river, the other being in the grounds of Belsize Manor (now the area called Belsize Park).  The picture shows the well in 1820.  In 1878 Edward Walford wrote " ...

Place, Food & Drink

1 memorial
George Allison

George Allison

Football manager, journalist and broadcaster. He was the BBC's first sports commentator and Arsenal Football Club's second longest serving manager, 1934 - 47.

Person, Sport / Games

1 memorial
Manche Masemola

Manche Masemola

An Anglican catechumen from South Africa who was killed by her animist parents at the age of 16. She had refused to stop visiting the missionaries who came to her town to convert them to Christianity.

Person, Tragedy, South Africa

1 memorial