Sir Joseph Banks, 1743-1820, President of the Royal Society, Robert Brown, 1773-1858, and David Don 1800-1841, botanists, lived in a house on this site. The Linnean Society met here 1821-1857.
W1, Soho Square, 31-32
The lettering is above the right-most potted scrub. Incidentally, the photograph of the building catches a typical London sight - a van driver trying to escape before the uniformed warden completes his parking ticket.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Botanists
The plaques read left to right chronological by birth date. We've taken the dates on each plaque to be date of birth and date of death bu...
W.D. Kinnear, 1880 - 1974. Kensington Rowing Club, member 1905 - 1974, President 1964 - 1965 - 1972. Winner of Diamond Sculls 1910 - 19...
The plaque can be seen in our photo, below the 'Ticket Office' sign.
John Passmore Edwards, 1823 - 1911, journalist, editor and builder of free public libraries, lived here. English Heritage
Elizabeth David, 1913 - 1992, cookery writer, lived and worked here, 1947 - 1992. English Heritage
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