The school was originally founded in 1695, although its first location is unknown, as is its closure date. The bluecoat statues are probably the finest examples in London.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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St John of Wapping School
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St John of Wapping School
{Beneath bluecoat scholar statues:} Founded A.D. 1695 {below each statue:} Gi...
Other Subjects
1 memorial
Thomas Braidwood
Established an early school for the deaf. Born Scotland. Set up as a teacher in Edinburgh and then, following his successful tuition of a deaf boy, in 1760 he specialised in teaching deaf children...
1 memorial
John Runtz
Born at 3 William Street, Kingsland Road. He became a Tunbridge Ware manufacturer, then a music teacher. He broadened his interests to the general education of working-class children and became the...
Person, Education, Gardens / Agriculture, Politics & Administration
1 memorial
Brigadier-General Sir George Henry Gater, GCMG, KCB, DSO & Bar, JP
Army officer and civil servant. Trained as a teacher. Moved to London in 1924, and became Director of Education at the LCC. 1933 became Clerk to the LCC. He advocated the development of Bloomsbury ...
1 memorial
Blind Veterans UK
This charity was founded at the start of WW1 by Arthur Pearson, the newspaper magnate who became blind in later life, as The Blinded Soldiers' and Sailors' Care Committee. February 1915 it opened t...
3 memorials
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