OM, FRS, Nobel Laureate. Born Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. His pioneering wartime research on tissue grafting won him the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, 1960. Not a fan of psychoanalysis - in 1975 he called it "the most stupendous intellectual confidence trick of the 20th century". His autobiography is titled: Memoir of a Thinking Radish (1986). Died London.
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Sir Peter Medawar
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Sir Peter Medawar plaque
Sir Peter Medawar, 1915 - 1987, pioneer of transplantation immunology, lived ...
Sir Peter Medawar tree
The plaque is in front of a tree stump, so that accounts for the "lost" tree ...
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Dr Abraham I. Silverman
Founded the Camden Road doctors' surgery in the late 1920s in the building where he also lived. He served there as a GP for 60 years, keeping the surgery open through the Blitz. It is one of the ...
1 memorial
King George Hospital, HMSO, Stamford Street
From the Survey of London and Ezitis (excellent) we learn that the five storey Cornwall House, built as warehouse for H.M. Stationery Office, was completed in the middle of WW1 and so was used unti...
1 memorial
Dr John Lettsom
Physician, philanthropist, abolitionist and entomologist. Born British Virgin Islands into a Quaker family. Aged 6 was sent to England to be educated. Came to London in 1766 to train at St Thomas' ...
2 memorials
W. Rea Edwards, OBE, ACA
William Rea Edwards was Superintendent Secretary in the St John Ambulance Brigade, Metropolitan Corps, 1892-1900. Knight Grace in the Order of St John. Inver Museum has a photo of a Rea-Edwards mo...
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
1 memorial
Joseph Merrick / John Merrick
"The Elephant Man". Born Leicester. Began to develop severe abnormalities within a few years. By aged 17 his mother had died, his father and step-mother had rejected him, and failing to find a job,...
1 memorial
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V1 and V2 rockets
The V1 and V2 rockets were developed as a reaction to the heavy allied bombing of German cities towards the end of WW2. (V stands for Vergeltungswaffe - retribution weapon'). In total, over 3,000 V...
28 memorials
The Hon. Margaret Howard, of Norfolk
Wife of The Hon. Esme Howard, of Norfolk.
1 memorial
Anthony Smith, G.C.
He was a chimney sweep and shoemaker by trade and was attached to the Chatham division of the Civil Defence Rescue Service. Notice of his award was published in the London Gazette on the 30th May, ...
1 memorial
Greenwich Society
The Greenwich Society aims to make Greenwich a better place for all who live and work here, to promote the town's heritage, to improve its amenities and to make it attractive to visitors.
4 memorials
Teddington Studios - Bernie Winters
TW11, Broom Road, Teddington Studios
July 2015 The Mirror reported that 4 of these plaques (Benny Hill, Tommy Cooper, Sid James and Irene Handl) were stolen just prior to the...
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
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