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Person    | Male  Born 1/9/1566  Died 25/11/1626

Edward Alleyn

Categories: Education, Theatre

Edward Alleyn

Renowned Shakespearean actor and philanthropist.

Also known as Ned Allen. Born London near Bishopsgate and baptised at St Botolphs in 1566. Theatre manager and actor. Owned the Manor of Dulwich and founded the Fortune Theatre in EC1 and nearby, Dulwich College, and Alleyn's School. Favourite actor of Elizabeth I and James I. Died at home at Dulwich.

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Edward Alleyn

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Dulwich College

The original buildings of Dulwich College, founded in 1619 by Edward Alleyn a...

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Edward Alleyn statue

This sculpture depicts a scene on a stage, in which Alleyn is acting with a y...

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Fortune Theatre - EC1

Good master Edward Alleyn's Fortune Theatre stood on a site near here in 1600.

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Southwark Cathedral - famous names

Southwark Cathedral For over 1,000 years Christians have worshipped here. AD ...

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St Botolph's information board

The church has two information boards, both of a standard design, which we wo...

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Other Subjects

Dulwich College

Dulwich College

Founded by Edward Alleyn as a school and almshouses. A chapel, a schoolhouse and twelve almshouses were built on Dulwich Green (see picture), and, extended and re-modelled, these buildings remain a...

Building, Education, Social Welfare

3 memorials
Lieut. Colonel Francis H. L. Errington

Lieut. Colonel Francis H. L. Errington

Commanded the Inns of Court Officers Training Corps 1913-16. He was the author of The Inns of Court Officers Training Corps during the Great War (1922). His death was not war-related. Note : the m...

Person, Armed Forces, Education

War served, WW1
1 memorial
St Pauls German Evangelical Reformed Church

St Pauls German Evangelical Reformed Church

Built 1886-1887, destroyed by bombing in 1941.  We have failed to find a picture of this church but AIM25 gives this: "The German Evangelical Reformed Church was established in London in 1697 by Pr...

Building, Education, Germany

1 memorial
St Giles and St George's Schools

St Giles and St George's Schools

At Bloomsbury and St. Giles's: past and present; with historical and antiquarian notices of the vicinity, 1890 we found: "BLOOMSBURY PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS. These schools, founded in the year 1705, were...

Building, Education

1 memorial
Florence Helena Du Vergier

Florence Helena Du Vergier

Florence Helena Du Vergier. Alderman & Councillor of Hackney 1923-53, Vice-chairman of Hackney's Housing and Town Planning Committee in 1935 (at least), Chair in 1937 (at least) and Mayor 1943-...

Person, Education, Emergency Services, Politics & Administration

1 memorial