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Henriette Raphael gave her name to the first purpose-built nurses' home at Guy's Hospital which opened in 1902 & was funded by donations from her husband, Henry Raphael & her sons Walter & Herbert. The home was the first of its kind in London.
SE1, Great Maze Pond, Guy's Hospital - Memorial Park
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Entrance to the Henriette Raphael building
Wife to Henry Raphael, a wealthy Jewish banker, and mother to his 12 children...
The Henriette Raphael Building at Guy's Hospital.
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Entrance to the Henriette Raphael building
Henry Lewis Raphael had 12 children with his wife Henriette. Walter, the 6th ...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Entrance to the Henriette Raphael building
The Henriette Raphael Nurses' Home, erected by Henry Lewis Raphael in memory ...
Our thanks, as ever, to our Welsh consultant, David Hopkins, for providing the transcription (Welsh in Gothic script defeated us) and the...
Most of the text is professionally carved but 'Davey' is less skillful. Something about this memorial makes us think that Davey was a pet.
This memorial is a sundial in the shape of a armillary sphere - see Wolff for another example. The sphere is supported by 4 silhouetted g...
Three churches and two clock towers have been built on this site, but nothing remains today. A modern information board (which you can se...
Useful though the school might be, you must agree that the building behind these gate piers does not compare favourably with what was the...
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