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University College London (UCL)

Categories: Education

The first English university established since Oxford and Cambridge and the first not to discriminate on race, class or religion, and the first to accept women on equal terms. Jeremy Bentham was not its founder but was its spiritual father.

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
University College London (UCL)

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Brown Dog statue

See our page for the original statue for a description of the Brown Dog affai...

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Brown Dog statue - original - lost

The structure is a reasonably standard late Victorian drinking fountain, in g...

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Sarah Parker Remond

Sarah Parker Remond, 1826 - 1894, African American abolitionist, lecturer, su...

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Zachary Macaulay - WC1

Zachary Macaulay FRS, 1768 - 1838, anti-slavery activist, statistician, one o...

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This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
University College London (UCL)

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Bentham in Queen Anne's Gate

Jeremy Bentham, philosopher and reformer, 1748 - 1832, lived in a house on th...

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Gregory Foster

By resolution of the University College Committee of the Sixth of June 1933 t...

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UCL quad - creation

This quadrangle of University College London, of which the first stone was la...

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UCL - WW1

This inscription is placed here to perpetuate the memory of the members of th...

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Henry Brooks Adams

Henry Brooks Adams

Apart from the fact that he won a Pulitzer for "Education of Henry Adams," 1919, all that the web can supply for him is quotations. You might have better luck. We published this plaque in 2009 and...

Person, Education, History, Journalism / Publishing, USA

1 memorial
International Brigade Memorial Trust

International Brigade Memorial Trust

From the picture source website: The International Brigade Memorial Trust was formed in 2002 from the veterans of the International Brigade Association, the Friends of the I.B.A., representatives ...

Group, Education, History

1 memorial
Royal Hospital School

Royal Hospital School

The hospital was founded by King William III and Queen Mary II, and the school started in 1712. It was was nicknamed the 'Cradle of the Navy' because of its tradition of training future sailors. Th...

Place, Education

2 memorials
Tower Hamlets College students

Tower Hamlets College students

A further education college in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.It has four different campuses, the largest of which is on Poplar High Street.

Group, Education

1 memorial

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Frank Charles Elliston-Erwood

Frank Charles Elliston-Erwood

Archaeologist and historian. Born in Blackheath. He worked on the excavations at Lesnes Abbey and Charlton Camp near Woolwich.

Person, History

1 memorial
Removal of graveyard remains - All Saints Poplar

Removal of graveyard remains - All Saints Poplar

E14, East India Dock Road, Newby Place Health and Wellbeing Centre, 21 Newby Place

We've not seen wet slate plaques look so bad before. Perhaps this is some slate-imitation, which can't cope with rain.

5 subjects commemorated
Isambard Kingdom Brunel - Thames Tunnel flooding

Isambard Kingdom Brunel - Thames Tunnel flooding

SE18, Rotherhithe Street

We have visited this area many times, but only recently noticed this well-hidden little plaque.

4 subjects commemorated
St Margaret, Fish Street Hill - previous building

St Margaret, Fish Street Hill - previous building

EC3, Monument Street

2021: We noticed that the site has been rebuilt and the plaque (now slightly damaged, but our photo does not show that) positioned on the...