Initiated by Roger Fenton and founded in London as the Photographic Society of London with Fenton as its first Secretary. The inaugural meeting was held at the, then, Society of Arts. Received Royal patronage in 1854.
The society was based in London until 1980 when it moved to Bath. has a list of the London addresses.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Royal Photographic Society
Eadweard Muybridge photographer, 1830 - 1904, lived here. The Royal Photograp...
Westminster City Council Tony Ray-Jones, photographer, 1941 - 1972, lived an...
Norma Elaine Williamson came to London from Jamaica as a young girl and lived, initially with her mother, in Stockwell, her home for the rest of her life. She had a variety of careers, the final on...
Born Sybil Theodora Phoenix Marshall in British Guiana (now Guyana). Community worker, the first Black woman to be awarded the MBE, in 1973. Was Mayor of Lewisham. See EachOneTeachOne for more info.
Founded by William Lambard to house twenty local, elderly, poor people and entrusted to be run by the Drapers' Company. The original buildings were demolished in 1818, and their replacements were e...
Founded in Beaumont Square, Mile End, by Barber Beaumont. Initially called the Eastern Athenaeum, this was created for 'the mental and moral improvement' and benefit of local people. It included a ...
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