Born Moscow into an ancient aristocratic Russian family and highly educated but his sympathies were with the peasants who had looked after him as a child. His revolutionary activities brought exile to Switzerland and France and to London in 1881 and again 1886 - 1917. Here he mixed with William Morris, Ford Madox Ford and Keir Hardie and co-founded the Freedom Press. Lived in Harrow and Bromley.
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Peter Kropotkin
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Anarchists
This art work is in the style of Donald Rooum. He was the Anarchists' self-ef...
Other Subjects
Joseph Beck
Saving Clissold Park have some lovely old photos of this man but they have eschewed the normal form of potted biography and instead have provided 13 bullets points:Â Chairman of the Clissold Par...
Samuel Plimsoll
Born Bristol. "The sailors' friend", whose Load Line prevented ships becoming dangerously overloaded. Â Sand shoes were renamed for him since the lower section is rubber and the upper is canvas: dry...
John Sparkes
Principal of the Lambeth School of Arts 1858 - 1900. Born as John Charles Lewis Sparkes in Brixton. Began teaching at Lambeth in 1857. Cultivated a special relationship between the school and Doult...
Sir Robert Cotton
Antiquarian and politician. Born Robert Bruce Cotton in Denton, Huntingdonshire. He entered parliament in 1601, as the member for Newtown, Isle of Wight. His collection of manuscripts which became ...
Robert Clayton
Born Northamptonshire. Apprenticed as a scrivener (like a secretary). Entered business and then set up a bank. Made a fortune from his connections with the slave trade and entered politics. Lord Ma...
Person, Lord Mayor, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, Race Issues
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