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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Camden, England

 
A.W. Hofmann Marker - Wide View image, Touch for more information
By Andrew Ruppenstein, March 18, 2018
A.W. Hofmann Marker - Wide View
1 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — A.W. Hofmann — 1818-1892
Professor of Chemistry lived here Map (db m120032) HM
2 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Alexander Herzen
Alexander HERZEN 1812-1870 operated the Free Russian Press from this building 1854-1856 Map (db m116778) HM
3 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Ali Mohammed Abbas — 1922 - 1979
Barrister and one of the founders of Pakistan lived here 1945-1979 Map (db m115328) HM
4 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Andres Bello — 1781 - 1865
Poet, Jurist, Philologist and Venezuelan Patriot lived here in 1810 Map (db m116610) HM
5 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Anthony Hope
Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins (Anthony Hope) 1863-1933 Novelist lived here 1903-1917Map (db m112308) HM
6 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Augustus Siebe — 1788 - 1872
Pioneer of the Diving Helmet lived and worked here Map (db m116806) HM
7 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Bedford College for Women
Bedford College for Women University of London founded here in 1849 by Elizabeth Jesser ReidMap (db m111470) HM
8 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Benjamin Disraeli
Earl of Beaconsfield Born Here 1804Map (db m111137) HM
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9 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Bertrand Russell — 1872-1970
Philosopher and Campaigner for Peace lived here in flat No. 34 1911-1916Map (db m109328) HM
10 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Billy Waters — c1778 - 1823
Royal Navy Gunner, Street Musician and "King of the Buskers" Lived with his family in the St Giles Rookery which was on this siteMap (db m220741) HM
11 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Bloomsbury Square
Bloomsbury Square Sir Hans Sloane Trail by Year 5, Holy Trinity C of E Primary School this garden has been planted in honour of Sir Hans Sloane. Sir Hans Sloane was born in Killyleagh, County Down, in Ireland in the year 1660. He came to London . . . Map (db m130176) HM
12 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Bloomsbury Square Gardens — London Borough of Camden —
Restoration of Bloomsbury Square Originally known as Southampton Square Bloomsbury Square was one of London's first designed garden squares. It was initially laid out during the middle of the 17th Century, after Lord Southampton built Southampton . . . Map (db m121936) HM
13 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Bloomsbury Square Physic Garden
Bloomsbury Square Physic Garden Welcome to our garden in Bloomsbury Square. It's no ordinary garden; it is a physic garden. What's a physic garden? If you want to know more, read on! A physic garden has plants with medicinal properties for . . . Map (db m130177) HM
14 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Bob Marley
Robert Nesta Marley 1945-1981 Singer, Lyricist and Rastafarian Icon lived here 1972 Map (db m115272) HM
15 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Brian Epstein
The Beatles Manager and impresario worked here 1963-1964Map (db m115541) HM
16 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Burma Railway Memorial
In memory of the tens of thousands of British civilian and military personnel who suffered incarceration, many dying, in the Far East during the Second World War 1939 - 45, including those forced to labour on the Burma Railway. They ask for nothing . . . Map (db m120043) WM
17 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Captain Matthew Flinders, R.N. — 1774 - 1814
Explorer and Navigator lived here Map (db m115547) HM
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18 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Captain Simmon Latutin — G.C. (George Cross) — Somerset Light Infantry/Somali Gendarmerie —
The son of Jewish immigrants, Simmon lived here from the 1920s till 1940. He was posthumously awarded this highest medal for bravery when attempting to save the lives of three men in a burning barracks in Mogadishu, December 1944. . . . Map (db m188335) HM
19 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Charles Darwin — 1809 - 1882
Naturalist lived in a house on this site 1838-1842 Map (db m115339) HM
20 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Charles Dickens
Novelist Lived in Tavistock House near this site 1851 - 1860Map (db m110946) HM
21 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Charles Dickens — 1812 - 1870
Novelist Lived HereMap (db m111785) HM
22 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens Lived in a house on this site 1824-1829 Later to be the home of The David Copperfield Childrens Library 1922-1932 Map (db m117151) HM
23 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens. Novelist. Lived here B: 1812. D: 1870. Erected by The Society of ArtsMap (db m118261) HM
24 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Charles Fort — 1874 - 1932
American Writer and founder of Forteanism, the study of anomalous phenomena Lived here 1921-1928Map (db m117081) HM
25 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Charles Kitterbell
Here lived Charles Kitterbell as related by Charles Dickens in sketches by Boz "The Bloomsbury Christening"Map (db m110268) HM
26 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Charlotte Mew — 1869 - 1928
Poet lived here 1869 - 1890Map (db m111134) HM
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27 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Christina Georgina Rossetti
Here lived and died Christina Georgina Rossetti Poetess Born 1830:Died 1894 Map (db m116450) HM
28 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett — 1847 - 1929
pioneer of women's suffrage lived and died hereMap (db m110256) HM
29 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Dorothy L. Sayers — 1893 - 1957
Writer of Detective Stories lived here 1921-1929 Map (db m116499) HM
30 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Dorothy Richardson — 1873-1957
Writer lived here 1905-1906 Map (db m116497) HM
31 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Dr Alphonse Normandy — 1809 - 1864
Analytical Chemist and Desalination Pioneer lived and worked here 1850-1859 Map (db m115539) HM
32 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Dr. Robert Willan — 1757 - 1812
Dermatologist lived hereMap (db m111064) HM
33 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Dr. Williams's Library
Founded 1729 Moved to this site 1890 Map (db m145208) HM
34 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Earls of Chesterfield
Here Lived Philip Second Earl of Chesterfield Born 1633 : Died 1713 also Philip Third Earl and Philip Dormer Fourth Earl of Chesterfield K.G. Born 1694 : Died 1773Map (db m121934) HM
35 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Edward Westermarck — 1862-1939
Finnish pioneer of social anthropology lived in a house on this site 1897-1900 Map (db m120536) HM
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36 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital
This building was formerly the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital Built in 1890 and finally closed in 2002. It was established by ELIZABETH GARRETT ANDERSON The first woman to qualify as a doctor in Britain who created a hospital in . . . Map (db m115542) HM
37 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Emlyn Williams
(George) Emlyn Williams CBE 1905-1987 Actor & Playwright lived here 1930-1934 Map (db m120125) HM
38 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Euston War Memorial
[Inscription on obelisk:] In Memory of our Glorious Dead [South side inscription:] In grateful memory of 3719 men of the London and Northwestern Railway Company who for the country justice and freedom served . . . Map (db m112270) WM
39 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Faraday House
Faraday House Electrical Engineering College Occupied This Building From June 1903 Until April 1967Map (db m121937) HM
40 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Father Basil Jellicoe
Father Basil Jellicoe 1899-1935 Housing Reformer Created housing for the community replacing the slums of Somers Town Map (db m117430) HM
41 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — First Anaesthesia in England
The first anaesthetic given in England was administered in a house on this site 19 December 1846Map (db m110133) HM
42 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Frances Trollope
FRANCES TROLLOPE (1780-1863) author, lived at 16 Keppel Street near this site. Her sons, the authors THOMAS ADOLPHUS TROLLOPE (1810-1892) and ANTHONY TROLLOPE (1815-1882) were born there Map (db m120106) HM
43 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Francisco de Miranda — 1750 - 1816
Lived in this house between 1803 and 1810. Born in Caracas, Venezuela, he was the forerunner of the independence of the republics of Latin America. Here he met in 1810 The Liberator Simon Bolivar. Vivio en esta casa . . . Map (db m116575) HM
44 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Francisco de Miranda — 1750 - 1816
Precursor of Latin American Independence lived here 1802-1810 Map (db m116626) HM
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45 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Friend at Hand
Friend at Hand was built in 1735 at the time of the Marylebone Road and adjoining Nash Terraces. The first ever omnibus service from Holborn stopped here. The original service of one coach each way was soon being increased to a dozen journeys per . . . Map (db m109813) HM
46 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Furnival's Inn
Site of Furnival's Inn Demolished 1897Map (db m111294) HM
47 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw lived in this house from 1897 to 1898 ———————— From the coffers of his genius he enriched the world

Map (db m120841) HM
48 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — George Dance (The Younger)
George Dance The Younger 1741-1825 Architect lived and died here Map (db m109497) HM
49 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — George Orwell House
George Orwell 1903 – 1950 writer lived hereMap (db m68124) HM
50 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — George Padmore
George Padmore 1903-1959 aka Malcolm Ivan Meredith Nurse International Activist and Renowned Pan Africanist Lived here 1941-1957Map (db m117153) HM
51 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Henry Cavendish
Honble Henry Cavendish Natural Philosopher lived here Born   Died 1731   1810 Map (db m115516) HM
52 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Henry Mayhew — 1812 - 1887
Founder of "Punch" and author of "London Labour and the London Poor" lived here Map (db m116052) HM
53 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Hilda Doolittle
H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) Poet and Writer lived here 1917 - 1918Map (db m110185) HM
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54 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Horizon Magazine
George Orwell 1903-1950 Sir Stephen Spender 1909-1995 wrote for Cyril Connolly's Horizon Magazine based here 1940-1948Map (db m110285) HM
55 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — House of John Keats
John Keats, poet, — lived in this house. — B: 1795. D: 1821. Map (db m68125) HM
56 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — In Memory of Auxiliary Firemen
. . . Map (db m109253) HM WM
57 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Isaac D'Israeli
Author Lived here. Born | Died 1766 | 1848Map (db m111063) HM
58 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — James Robinson — 1813 - 1862
Pioneer of Anaesthesia and Dentistry lived and worked hereMap (db m112269) HM
59 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Jerome K. Jerome
Jerome K Jerome 1859-1927 Author of "Three Men in a Boat" lived here 1884-1885Map (db m120109) HM
60 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — John Cartwright
Born 28th. Sepr. 1740; Died 23rd.Sepr. 1824. The Firm, Consistent, & Persevering Advocate of "UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE, Equal Representation, Vote by Ballot, AND ANNUAL PARLIAMENTS. He was the . . . Map (db m115492) HM
61 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — John Howard — 1726-1790
Prison Reformer Lived HereMap (db m109810) HM
62 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — John Maynard Keynes — 1883 - 1946
Economist lived here 1916-1946 Map (db m116762) HM
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63 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — John Nash — 1752-1835
Architect designed this terrace and lived here Map (db m122550) HM
64 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — John Skinner Prout — 1805 - 1876
Artist and Lithographer Lived here 1838 to 1840 Map (db m117225) HM
65 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Kenneth Williams
Kenneth Williams 1926-1988 Comic Actor lived here 1935-1956 Map (db m120489) HM
66 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Lady Ottoline Morrell — 1873 - 1938
Literary Hostess and Patron of the Arts lived hereMap (db m111457) HM
67 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Lenin
Vladimir Ilyich LENIN 1870-1924 Founder of the U.S.S.R. Lived here in 1908 Map (db m115334) HM
68 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — London School of Tropical Medicine
This building housed the London School of Tropical Medicine and the Hospital for Tropical Diseases 1920-1939Map (db m109853) HM
69 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Lord Eldon — 1751-1838
Lord Chancellor lived hereMap (db m109499) HM
70 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Lytton Strachey — 1880 - 1932
Critic and Biographer lived here Map (db m117227) HM
71 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Mark Ashton — 1960 - 1987
Political and Community Activist LGSM met at Gay's The Word bookshop on this site 1984/5 Map (db m115331) HM
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72 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Marks & Co Booksellers
84 Charing Cross Road The Booksellers Marks & Co. Were on this site which became world renowned through the book by Helene HanffMap (db m122576) HM
73 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Mary Anne Clarke — 1776 - 1852
Mistress of Prince Frederick Duke of York lived in a house on this site 1803 Map (db m116498) HM
74 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Mary Wollstonecraft
In a house on this site lived Mary Wollstonecraft Author of 'A Vindication of the Rights of Woman' 1759-1797 Map (db m115467) HM
75 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Museum Tavern
The earliest record of the Museum Tavern was in 1723, although at that stage it was called "The Dog and Duck" after the hunting that took place in the surrounding Ponds and swamps. In 1759 the British Museum was established and the pub promptly . . . Map (db m109268) HM
76 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Noor Inayat Khan
(Front Panel:) 1914-1944 G.C., M.B.E. Croix de Guerre (Right Panel:) Noor Inayat Khan was an SOE agent infiltrated into occupied France. She was executed at Dachau concentration camp. Her last word was . . . Map (db m115297) HM WM
77 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Paul Nash — 1889 - 1946
Artist lived in Flat 176 1914-1936 Map (db m116164) HM
78 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Shelley
Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792-1822 Poet & Radical Thinker & Mary Shelley 1797-1851 Author of Frankenstein lived in a house on this site 1815-1816 Map (db m116106) HM
79 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
In this house the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was founded in 1848Map (db m68122) HM
80 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Professor Sir Christopher Ingold — National Chemical Landmark
Chemistry Department University College London During the period 1930-1970 Professor Sir Christopher Ingold pioneered our understanding of the electronic basis of structure, mechanism and reactivity in organic chemistry, which is . . . Map (db m116440) HM
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81 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Prudential World War I Memorial
In Memory of The Glorious Sacrifice Offered by Prudential men Who Fell in The Great War 1914 – 1919 We Are Bound to Give Thanks Always to God For You BrethrenBeloved of The Lord II Thess. 2.13 For Ye are Our . . . Map (db m118262) WM
82 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Prudential World War II Memorial
In remembrance of our comrades who gave their lives in the war of 1939 - 45 ( there are two memorials, one on each side of the entrance to the building )Map (db m118263) WM
83 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — R.H. Tawney — 1880 - 1962
Historian, Teacher, and Political Writer lived hereMap (db m110182) HM
84 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Rabindranath Tagore — (1861 - 1941)
Indian Poet, Philosopher and First Nobel Laureate from Asia Unveiled by HRH The Prince of Wales 7th July 2011 Sculpted by Shenda Amery Installed by The Tagore Centre UK Map (db m145205) HM
85 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Ram Mohun Roy — 1772 - 1833
Indian Scholar and Reformer lived hereMap (db m111775) HM
86 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Randolph Caldecott — 1846-1886
Artist and Book Illustrator lived hereMap (db m109282) HM
87 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Richard Trevithick
Close to this place Richard Trevithick Born 1771 - Died 1833 Pioneer of High Pressure Steam ran in the year 1808 the first steam locomotive to draw passengersMap (db m110144) HM
88 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Robert Aickman — 1914 - 1981
Author and co-founder of The Inland Waterways Association lived and worked hereMap (db m110188) HM
89 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Robert Gascoyne Cecil
Robert Gascoyne Cecil 3rd Marquess of Salisbury 1830-1903 Prime Minister lived here Map (db m116070) HM
90 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Robert Owen — 1771-1858
Father of the Co-operative movement lived here 1832-1840Map (db m109553) HM
91 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Robert Travers Herford — 1860 - 1950
Unitarian Minister Scholar and Interpreter of Judaism lived and worked here Map (db m116484) HM
92 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Roger Fry — 1866-1934
Artist and Art Critic lived and died at 48 Bernard Street on this site 1926-1934Map (db m109329) HM
93 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Roger Fry
In this house Roger Fry 1866-1934 Artist and Art Critic ran the Omega Workshops 1913-1919
Map (db m115952) HM
94 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Rosetti, Morris, and Burne-Jones
In this house lived in 1851 Dante Gabriel Rossetti Poet and Painter and from 1856 to 1859 William Morris Poet and Artist and Sir Edward C. Burne-Jones PainterMap (db m111362) HM
95 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Saint Pancras Parish Church
History The Parish and Municipal Church of St. Pancras is dedicated to the Roman Boy Pancratius who was martyred by the Emperor Diocletian in the Year 304. The old Church in Pancras Road is the oldest Building in the Borough dating in . . . Map (db m110932) HM
96 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Sidney Bechet — 1897 - 1959
New Orleans Jazz Pioneer Saxophonist & Clarinetist lived here 1922 Map (db m115312) HM
97 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Sir Charles Eastlake — 1793-1865
Painter and First Director of the National Gallery lived here Map (db m120034) HM
98 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Sir Christopher Hatton
Sir Christopher Hatton (1540-1591), was Lord Chancellor of England and rumoured to be the lover of Queen Elizabeth I. In 1578 the Queen granted Christopher Hatton the grounds of Ely Palace on which Hatton House was built. In the 1600s Hatton . . . Map (db m118826) HM
99 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Sir George Williams
1879-1905 Sir George Williams 1821-1905 Founder of the Young Men's Christian Association Lived at No. 13 Russell SquareMap (db m109551) HM
100 United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden — Sir Hans Sloane — 1660 - 1753
Physician Benefactor of the British Museum lived here 1695-1742Map (db m110288) HM

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