Zoologist. Born Worcester. 1827 sailed to Newfoundland where his interest in entomology began. He also travelled to Alabama and Jamaica studying the local natural sciences, returning to London in 1846. He was then one of the people who introduced aquariums to the viewing public. At one time a lay preacher, he rejected Darwin's evolution theory in his 1857 book 'Omphalos'. Father of Edmund.
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Philip Henry Gosse
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Philip and Edmund Gosse
Here lived Philip Henry Gosse, 1810 - 1888, zoologist. Sir Edmund Gosse, 1849...
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The Rev. B. P. Plumptre, MC
Born Lincolnshire. From 1911 he was priest at St. Mary Magdalene, Bermondsey. Died in WW1 serving in the 22nd Battalion, The London Regiment. At source the image is captioned: "Curate of Bermondse...
War dead, WW1
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St Margaret, Fish Street Hill
Lost in the Great Fire and not rebuilt. Stood where the Monument now stands.
1 memorial
St. Giles church vicarage
Searching for a map showing the site of the vicarage we were delighted to find this 1893 map which also shows the relocated church porch (top right corner of the vicarage garden).
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The Huguenots
French Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries. Persecuted in France, in 1550 Edward VI signed a charter granting them asylum in England. See also French Protestant Church. The name emerged in ...
9 memorials
St Mary Moorfields
Catholic church built by architect John Newman in 1820. Replaced in 1902 by the church of the same name in nearby Eldon Street. From the church's website: "As the permanent seat of the Vicar Apost...
1 memorial
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