Person    | Male  Born 27/10/1917  Died 24/4/1993

Oliver Tambo

Born Mbizana, in what is now Eastern Cape.
President of the African National Congress. Fled to the UK from South Africa in 1960 to run the ANC abroad. Returned to South Africa after the collapse of apartheid, but died there from a stroke.

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Oliver Tambo

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Nelson Mandela - bust

The original sculpture was offered to the Greater London Council in 1984 and ...

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Sir Brian Tuke

Sir Brian Tuke

Administrator. He was secretary to King Henry VIII and Cardinal Wolsey, and treasurer of the household. In 1517, he was appointed to the office of Governor of the King's Posts, a precursor to the o...

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Charlie Sumner

Charlie Sumner

Poplar councillor imprisoned during the 1921 rates protest. Given on the mural as ‘Edwin Summer’.

Person, Politics & Administration

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J. Harrison

J. Harrison

Hon. Sec. of the Commissioners of the 1890 Bermondsey Library.

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Alfred Purssell

Alfred Purssell

Commoner on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894.

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Gertrude Bell

Gertrude Bell

Traveller, archaeologist, writer and diplomat, Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell, CBE, explored, mapped, and became highly influential to British imperial policy-making due to her knowledge and cont...

Person, Exploring, History, Politics & Administration, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Middle East, Syria

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