Founded by Thomas Wakley.
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Thomas Wakley
London County Council Thomas Wakley, 1795 - 1862, reformer and founder of "T...
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Frost Fairs
There are records of the Thames freezing over as far back as CE 250. The piers of old London Bridge were broad and close together, meaning that they could get easily blocked creating a dam which wo...
1 memorial
Hubert Carr-Gomm
Politician and publisher. Hubert William Culling Carr-Gomm was born on 20 June 1877 in Palamcottah, Madras, India, (now Palayamkottai) and he was also baptised there on 19 August 1877. He was the...
Person, Journalism / Publishing, Politics & Administration, India, Spain
1 memorial
George Godwin
Architect, journalist and social reformer. Editor of "The Builder". Honorary Secretary to the Executive Committee for the Great Exhibition Memorial. Born in Brompton Terrace, Kensington. Died at h...
Person, Architecture, Journalism / Publishing, Social Welfare
2 memorials
Sir Arthur Pearson
Newspaper publisher and philanthropist. Born in Wookey, Somerset. In 1898 he founded the Daily Express, which was innovative in printing news instead of adverts on its front page. When he started t...
1 memorial
Robert Maxwell
Publisher, politician and swindler. Born Ján LudvÃk Hyman Binyamin Hoch, in Slatinské Doly (now Solotyino, Ukraine). He came to Britain after WW2 where he built up the Pergamon Press, acquired the ...
Person, Journalism / Publishing, Politics & Administration, Czechoslovakia
1 memorial
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