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Stott, John Robert Walmsley

(Encyclopedia) Stott, John Robert Walmsley, 1921–2011, Anglican clergyman influential in 20th-century evangelical Christianity, b. London. He attended college and theological school at Cambridge and…

Toynbee, Arnold

(Encyclopedia) Toynbee, ArnoldToynbee, Arnoldtoinˈbē [key], 1852–83, English economic historian, philosopher, and reformer. After his graduation in 1878 he was a tutor at Balliol College, Oxford, and…

Woolwich

(Encyclopedia) Woolwich, Greater London, England: see Greenwich.

Paddington

(Encyclopedia) Paddington, London, England: see Westminster, City of.

Jones, Inigo

(Encyclopedia) Jones, InigoJones, Inigoĭnˈĭgōˌ [key], 1573–1652, one of England's first great architects. Son of a London clothmaker, he was enabled to travel in Europe before 1603 to study paintings…

Peabody, George

(Encyclopedia) Peabody, GeorgePeabody, Georgepēˈbädē, –bədē [key], 1795–1869, American financier and philanthropist, b. South Danvers (now Peabody), Mass. At the age of 11 he was apprenticed to a…

Chigwell

(Encyclopedia) Chigwell, city, Essex, SE England. It is a residential suburb of London. Portions of Epping and Hainault forests are in the outlying…

Braidwood, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Braidwood, Thomas, 1715–1806, English educator, grad. Univ. of Edinburgh. He established (1760) at Edinburgh the first school in Great Britain for deaf-mutes, moving it to London in…

Lombard Street

(Encyclopedia) Lombard Street, in London, England. It is a street of banks and financial houses that takes its name from the Lombard merchants and moneylenders who settled there in the 13th cent.

Carlton Club

(Encyclopedia) Carlton Club, British political and social club (founded 1832). Located in London, it was long the center of the Conservative party organization. Since World War II the club has been…