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A.V. Hill, Nobel Prize winner & sports medicine pioneer, receives English Heritage Blue Plaque
A.V. Hill (1886-1977), one of the founding fathers of sports medicine and the first Briton to win the Nobel Prize for Physiology, has been honoured with an English Heritage Blue Plaque at his former home in Highgate, North London. In addition to his work within the field of physiology, he was a highly respected independent MP during the Second World War and a humanitarian – he helped over nine hundred academics escape persecution by the Nazis.
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bbc's hugh carleton greene honoured with english heritage blue plaque
Hugh Carleton Greene (1910-1987), Director-General of the BBC during the sixties, has been commemorated with an English Heritage Blue Plaque. Veteran broadcaster, naturalist and former colleague, David Attenborough, unveiled the plaque at 25 Addison Avenue in London’s Holland Park.
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Eight Ghosts Members’ competition: your winning ghost story
Meet Peter Malin, the winner of our Members Magazine short ghost story. Peter's eerie ghost story was inspired by a visit to Hurst Castle.
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Dadabhai Naoroji, an Indian nationalist and the first Indian to win a popular election to Parliament in the UK, is commemorated with a blue plaque at 72 Anerley Park, Penge, where he lived around the turn of the 20th century.
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How to create a landscape garden like Capability Brown
Capability Brown revolutionised English garden and landscape design in the 18th century. English Heritage landscapes advisor Emily Parker explains how.
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St Hadrian of Canterbury played a pivotal role in the early history of the English Church. He was born in North Africa and travelled to Italy – most likely as a refugee – before making the journey to Canterbury. He was abbot of the monastery of St Peter and St Paul (later St Augustine’s) in Canterbury, between 670 and 709.
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We look back at the life of Queen's frontman, commemorated by a blue plaque at his childhood home in London.
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Arthur Roberts and Berwick-upon-Tweed Barracks
How this soldier’s diaries provide a powerful account of the First World War
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Explore the stories of people commemorated with blue plaques who lived with a visible or hidden impairment, and learn about the impact disability had on their lives.
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Explore the stories of people commemorated with blue plaques who lived with a visible or hidden impairment, and learn about the impact disability had on their lives.