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Joan Clarke was a mathematician and code-breaker. She was the most senior of the few female cryptanalysts at Bletchley Park, where she helped cracked the German naval Enigma code. She is commemorated with a blue plaque at 193 Rosendale Road, her childhood home where she studied to become a talented mathematician.
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Philosopher, mathematician, leading intellectual, dissenter and preacher, Pastor Richard Price is commemorated with a blue plaque at 54 Newington Green.
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Tommy Flowers was an electrical engineer who designed, and led the team that built, the pioneering Colossus computer used to decipher German codes at Bletchley Park during the Second World War. English Heritage have commemorated him with a blue plaque at the former Post Office Research Station, Dollis Hill.
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Claudia Jones was a ceaseless campaigner for racial justice and is credited with having been among the first to bring Caribbean carnival to London. English Heritage has commemorated her with a blue plaque at 6 Meadow Road, Vauxhall.
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The novelist Ronald Firbank, known for his works that explore sexuality, social climbing, and religion is recognised with a blue plaque at 33 Curzon Street in Mayfair, one of the many London addresses that he occupied over the course of his short lifetime.
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The novelist Ronald Firbank, known for his works that explore sexuality, social climbing, and religion is recognised with a blue plaque at 33 Curzon Street in Mayfair, one of the many London addresses that he occupied over the course of his short lifetime.
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Joan Robinson was among the most influential economic thinkers of the 20th century, and one of the first women to establish herself in the discipline. She is commemorated with a blue plaque at 44 Kensington Park Gardens, where she undertook voluntary work that led her to study economics.
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Blue plaque commemorating florist Constance Spry at 64 South Audley Street, Mayfair, London W1K 3JP, City of Westminster.
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Housing reformer and surveyor Irene Barclay is recognised with a blue plaque. In May 1922, Irene Barclay became the first woman to qualify as a chartered surveyor in Britain. 1A St Martin's House, Polygon Road marks the address of the office in Somers Town where she created models for community living and was instrumental in the building of nearly 1,000 new homes.
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CLIVE, Lord Robert (1725–1774) a.k.a. Clive of India
Robert Clive, later Baron Clive of Plassey, was a soldier and administrator for the East India Company. He was an extremely controversial figure in his lifetime, and continues to be so today.