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Statue

Livingstone statue

Erection date: 23/10/1953

Inscription

{Inscribed on stone plinth:}
Livingstone

In Kensington Gore façade, on right of picture.  The unveiling ceremony is detailed  (thanks to Jamie Davis for the link).

Site: Shackleton & Livingstone statues (3 memorials)

SW7, Kensington Gore, Royal Geographic Society

's post had good photos of the statues. Apparently cabbies call this "hot and cold corner" (think about it). The room behind is the lecture hall.

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Livingstone statue

Subjects commemorated i

David Livingstone

Explorer, missionary, writer and medic. Born at Blantyre, just south of Glasg...

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
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Thomas Bayliss Huxley-Jones

Born Aberdeen. Winner of the Prix de Rome. Other work in London includes the ...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
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Herman Wallace

Herman Wallace

This tile is about 4" square. It has been guerrilla-stuck to the wall just a...

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Shackleton statue

Shackleton statue

In Exhibition Road façade, on left of picture. This bronze statue stands in a...

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