Bloomsbury in Camden in Greater London, England, United Kingdom — Northwestern Europe (the British Isles)
London School of Tropical Medicine
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, October 11, 2017
1. London School of Tropical Medicine Marker
housed the
London School
of
Tropical Medicine
and the
Hospital for
Tropical Diseases
1920-1939
Erected by Seamen's Hospital Society of Greenwich.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Science & Medicine.
Location. 51° 31.545′ N, 0° 7.993′ W. Marker is in Camden, England, in Greater London. It is in Bloomsbury. It is at the intersection of Gordon Street and Gower Place, on the left when traveling north on Gordon Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 25 Gordon Street, Camden, England WC1H 0AY, United Kingdom. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Greater South East. Globally, it is on the Atlantic Ocean, in the North Atlantic Region, in Europe, in Atlantic Europe, on one of the British Isles, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Roman Empire.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Professor Sir Christopher Ingold (within shouting distance of this marker); Euston War Memorial (about 150 meters away, measured in a direct line); Noor Inayat Khan (about 180 meters away); Richard Trevithick (about 210 meters away); Dr. Williams's Library (about 210 meters away); Robert Travers Herford (about 240 meters away); Rabindranath Tagore (about 240 meters away); Sir Victor Horsley (approx. 0.2 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Camden.
Also see . . .
this page online
1. History Timeline (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine). (Submitted on November 9, 2017.)
2. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (Wikipedia). "In 1920 the school moved, with the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, to Endsleigh Gardens in central London, taking over a former hotel which had been used as a hospital for officers during the First World War. In 1921 the Athlone Committee recommended the creation of an institute of state medicine, which built on a proposal by the Rockefeller Foundation to develop a London-based institution that would lead the world in the promotion of public health and tropical medicine. This enlarged school, now named the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine was granted its Royal Charter in 1924....The school moved to its present location in Gower Street in 1929." (Submitted on November 9, 2017.)
3. Hospital for Tropical Diseases (Wikipedia). "...was founded on 8 March 1821 on board an ex-naval ship and moved onto dry land as the Dreadnought Seamen's Hospital in 1870 as part of the Royal Greenwich Hospital. The management of infectious disease moved in 1919 near to Euston Square, in central London, still under the Seamen's Hospital Society. The general in-patient wards at Greenwich continued until that hospital's closure in 1986 with special services for seamen and their families
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, October 11, 2017
2. London School of Tropical Medicine Marker - Wide View
Credits. This page was last revised on March 10, 2026. It was originally submitted on November 9, 2017, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 330 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 9, 2017, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
