Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, 1836 - 1919, was born in a house formerly on this site. The first woman to be registered as a medical practitioner and surgeon. Founder of the first hospital for and staffed by women.
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
E1, Commercial Road, Metropolitan University, 41-47
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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson - birth
Born in Whitechapel. She was the first female doctor to be trained in Britain...
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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson - birth
The name was originally applied to the Tower division of the county of Middle...
Lee Alexander McQueen, 1969 - 2010, fashion designer, lived here from 2001 - 2005. London Borough of Islington Islington People's Plaque
From the Imperial College website: The Royal College of Science building was completed in 1906 ….. The building was designed by architect...
This sign is suffering from being so low down. It would have originally been on a building at first or second floor level, well ventilate...
Richard Titmuss, 1907 - 1973, social scientist lived here, 1951 - 1973. English Heritage
July 2023: Priscila Caroline do Nascimento reported that both these plaques have gone, so we've marked them as 'lost'. We first spotted t...
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