Indian scholar and reformer. Born Bengal. Worked to abolish the Hindu tradition of sati, where a widow joins her husband on the funeral pyre. For his last three years he was the ambassador to Britain for the Moghal Emperor Akbar II. Died Bristol.
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Ram Mohun Roy
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Ram Mohun Roy
Greater London Council Ram Mohun Roy, 1772 - 1833, Indian scholar and reforme...
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Richard Clarence Halse, Deputy
Commoner on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894.
1 memorial
Alderman Fred J. Read
Chairman Building Committee to build the 1909 Bethnal Green Town Hall.
1 memorial
Sir James Swaffield
Director General of the GLC 1973-84 and a Trustee of the Jubilee Walkway Trust 1977 - 2012. The Times have a photo of him with County Hall in the background, captioned: "Swaffield, pictured in Lon...
1 memorial
Sir John Sinclair
Founder and president of the first Board of Agriculture. Born Scotland into family of the Earls of Caithness. 1780 entered the House of Commons. Promoted a scientific and statistical approach to ag...
Person, Gardens / Agriculture, Politics & Administration, Science, Scotland
1 memorial
Edward R. Goodwin
Corps Officer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, Metropolitan Corps, 1887-1902. Honorary Serving Brother in the Order of St John.
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
1 memorial
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