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Person    | Female  Born 1/6/1919  Died 19/11/2013

Cecile Nobrega

Categories: Education, Poetry

Cecile Nobrega

Poet, writer, teacher, playwright. She was born as Cecile Elise Doreen Burgan on 1 June 1919 in Georgetown, British Guiana (now Guyana). She Wrote music and poetry from an early age and In 1942 married Romeo Nobrega. Trained as a teacher and migrated to the UK in 1969. She lived in Stockwell from about 1980 and electoral registers for 2003-2008 show her listed at Flat 23, Lee Samuel House, 10 Nealden Street, London, SW9 9QX. She died, aged 94 years, on 19 November 2013.

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Cecile Nobrega

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Bronze Woman

This was the first statue of a black woman to be on permanent display anywher...

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Royal Army Medical College

Royal Army Medical College

Built on the site of Millbank Prison.

Group, Armed Forces, Education, Medicine

1 memorial
W. H. Hall

W. H. Hall

Erstwhile superintendent of London Central District Schools from 1888 to 1900.

Person, Education

1 memorial
Cheam School

Cheam School

Founded by George Aldrich. It moved to Headley, Hampshire in 1934. Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and Charles, Prince of Wales are alumni. This photo shows Charles with fellow pupils.

Place, Education

2 memorials
Shinshiro Machida

Shinshiro Machida

Became a student at UCL in 1865.

Person, Education, Japan

1 memorial