Joseph Merrick / John Merrick
"The Elephant Man". Born Leicester. Began to develop severe abnormalities within a few years. By aged 17 his mother had died, his father and step-mother had rejected him, and failing to find a job,...
"The Elephant Man". Born Leicester. Began to develop severe abnormalities within a few years. By aged 17 his mother had died, his father and step-mother had rejected him, and failing to find a job,...
Opened first in 1745 on Windmill Street and moved to Mortimer Street, Fitzrovia in 1757 where new wings were added over time. Between June 1928 and May 1935 it was completely rebuilt on the same si...
Established in the disused St Giles workhouse buildings during WW1 under the command of Dr Flora Murray & Dr Louisa Garrett Anderson (both suffragettes), this 573-bed hospital is the only Briti...
Twice Mayor of Hackney. Our colleague, Andrew Behan, has researched Miller and found this photo: Frederick Montague Miller was born in 1848 in Hackney, the son of Claudius Montague Miller and Eliz...
Belgian soldier in WW1 who died in Britain and was buried in St Mary's Cemetery, NW10. On the memorial he is decribed as "Medecin de Regimen de 1ere classe" (Regimental Doctor, First Class). Arvia...
Physician. Born Harold Arundel Moody at 8 Rum Lane, Kingston, Jamaica. Although well qualified, he was refused a post at King's College Hospital because of his colour, but became a medical superint...
Pioneer veterinary surgeon, Asian explorer.  Born Lancashire.  First Englishman to qualify as a vet, in France, during a revolution.  He set up in practice in Oxford Street, creating a horse hosp...
Person, Animals, Exploring, Medicine, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Tibet, Uzbekistan
Moorfields provides some history. 2019: Moorfields may be moving to King's Cross, to the old St Pancras Hospital site, immediately north of St Pancras Gardens.
Assistant Commissioner in the St John Ambulance Brigade, Metropolitan Corps, 1887-1923. Officer in the Order of St John.
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
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