In 1871 the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) suffered an attack of typhoid fever (the illness of which his father had died 10 years earlier) while at his home, Sandringham in Norfolk. To everyone's relief he survived.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Prince of Wales's typhoid recovery
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Temple Bar memorial - Prince of Wales's typhoid recovery
{On the north face, below the statue there is a bronze relief showing Victori...
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James Robinson
Pioneer of anaesthesia and dentistry. Our picture source gives much information about his life and the circumstances of his death. He was born on 22 November 1813 in Southampton, Hampshire. On 12 ...
Robert Koch
Discovered the bacilli for anthrax, tuberculosis and cholera. A founder of bacteriology. Born Clausthal, Germany. Died Baden-Baden, Germany.
St Benedict's Hospital
Hill House, built in 1802, was the manor house on this site. It was bought by St Joseph's Teaching Brotherhood and they built a Roman Catholic school, St Joseph's Roman Catholic College, in 1887. T...
Dr Annie McCall
One of the first women to qualify as a doctor, in 1885. Born Manchester. She studied abroad and in London. Once qualified she quickly started a clinic and school of midwifery in her own home at 165...
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Great Exhibition - Hyde Park - entrance
SW7, South Carriage Drive
The information board you can see in the photo has a plan showing the location of the 5 different plaques that commemorate the Great Exhi...
Charterhouse church
A chapel was first built here soon after 1348 by Walter de Manny, alongside a burial ground for victims of the Black Death. In 1371 when the Charterhouse Priory was built here the chapel was inco...
Wiliam Whiteley - biographical plaque
KT12, Whiteley Village
The Listing text says the statue and the relief are of copper, not the more usual bronze. The front of the plinth below the seated lady s...
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