Indian scholar and reformer. Born Bengal. Worked to abolish the Hindu tradition of sati, where a widow joins her husband on the funeral pyre. For his last three years he was the ambassador to Britain for the Moghal Emperor Akbar II. Died Bristol.
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Ram Mohun Roy
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Ram Mohun Roy
Greater London Council Ram Mohun Roy, 1772 - 1833, Indian scholar and reforme...
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Sir Julian Huxley
Zoologist and philosopher.  Born 61 Russell Square. Son of Leonard Huxley and grandson of zoologist Thomas Huxley.  Brother of novelist Aldous Huxley. Researched in support of Darwin's theory of e...
2 memorials
F. Donald MacKenzie
Assistant Commissioner in the St John Ambulance Brigade, Metropolitan Corps, 1887-1910. Knight Grace in the Order of St John.
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
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Sir Joseph Renals
Alderman on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894. Â Lord Mayor of London 1894-5. Partner in the firm of Renals & Co, merchants.
1 memorial
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...
1 memorial
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