Henry Mayhew, 1812 - 1887, founder of 'Punch' and author of 'London Labour and the London Poor', lived here.
London County Council
Site: Henry Mayhew (1 memorial)
NW1, Albany Street, 55
Henry Mayhew, 1812 - 1887, founder of 'Punch' and author of 'London Labour and the London Poor', lived here.
London County Council
NW1, Albany Street, 55
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Henry Mayhew
Founded in early June 1841 at a meeting at the Edinburgh Castle public house ...
Social researcher and journalist. Â Born London. Â Joint founding editor with M...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Henry Mayhew
Prior to the LCC London matters were run by church parishes. The LCC was the ...
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The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography gives his birth year as 1723.
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