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Constantine Cavafy

Poet. Known as Constantine Peter Cavafy and as Konstantin or Konstantinos Petrou Kavafis. Born Egypt to Greek parents. On the death of his father in 1870 the family settled in Liverpool for a time,...

Person, Poetry, Egypt, Greece

Ralph Jackson

Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for his Protestant beliefs.

Person, Execution, Religion

H. P. Saunders

Name on one of the main panels of the East Ham WW1 memorial.

Person

Sir Victor Horsley

Scientist and soldier. Born Victor Alexander Haden Horsley in 2 Tor Villas, Campden Hill, Kensington. As a physician, he developed many practical neurosurgical techniques and was the first person t...

Person, Armed Forces, Medicine, Politics & Administration, Egypt, France, Iraq