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Bedford Square

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Bedford Square is a garden square in the Bloomsbury district of the Borough of Camden in London, England. [1]

64 relations: Anthony Hope, Architectural Association School of Architecture, École Jeannine Manuel, Beatrix Potter, Bedford College, London, Bedford Estate, Bloomsbury, Bloomsbury Publishing, Bloomsbury Square, Blue plaque, Cameron Mackintosh, Charles Gilpin (politician), Duke of Bedford, Elizabeth Jesser Reid, England, Francis Walker (entomologist), Frederick Warne, Frederick Warne & Co, Garden square, Georgian architecture, Gordon Square, H. H. Asquith, Harry Ricardo, Henry Cavendish, Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, John Scarlett Davis, John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon, Johnston Forbes-Robertson, Jonathan Cape, Lady Ottoline Morrell, List of eponymous roads in London, Listed building, London, London Borough of Camden, London School of Business and Management, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Lord Chancellor, Margot Asquith, National Council for Voluntary Organisations, New College of the Humanities, Norman Warne, Northern Cyprus, Nuffield Foundation, NYU London, Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, Paul Weidlinger, Ram Mohan Roy, Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Representative of North Cyprus, London, Royal Holloway, University of London, ..., Russell Square, Sotheby's Institute of Art, Steen Eiler Rasmussen, Tavistock Square, The Apprentice (UK series six), The Apprentice (UK TV series), The Lancet, Thomas Hodgkin, Thomas Wakley, Torrington Square, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, William Butterfield, Woburn Square, Yale University Press. Expand index (14 more) »

Anthony Hope

Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933), was an English novelist and playwright.

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Architectural Association School of Architecture

The Architectural Association School of Architecture in London, commonly referred to as the AA, is the oldest independent school of architecture in the UK and one of the most prestigious and competitive in the world.

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École Jeannine Manuel

The École Jeannine Manuel is an elite private day school in Paris, France, founded in 1954 by Jeannine Manuel.

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Beatrix Potter

Helen Beatrix Potter (British English, North American English also, 28 July 186622 December 1943) was an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist best known for her children's books featuring animals, such as those in The Tale of Peter Rabbit.

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Bedford College, London

Bedford College was founded in London in 1849 as the first higher education college for women in the United Kingdom.

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Bedford Estate

The Bedford Estate is an estate in central London that is owned by the Russell family, which holds the peerage title of Duke of Bedford.

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Bloomsbury

Bloomsbury is an area of the London Borough of Camden, between Euston Road and Holborn.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

Bloomsbury Publishing plc (formerly M.B.N.1 Limited and Bloomsbury Publishing Company Limited) is a British independent, worldwide publishing house of fiction and non-fiction.

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Bloomsbury Square

Bloomsbury Square is a garden square in Holborn, Camden, London.

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Blue plaque

A blue plaque is a permanent sign installed in a public place in the United Kingdom and elsewhere to commemorate a link between that location and a famous person, event, or former building on the site, serving as a historical marker.

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Cameron Mackintosh

Sir Cameron Anthony Mackintosh (born 17 October 1946) is a British theatrical producer and theatre owner notable for his association with many commercially successful musicals.

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Charles Gilpin (politician)

Charles Gilpin (31 March 1815 – 8 September 1874) was a Quaker, orator, politician, publisher and railway director.

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Duke of Bedford

Duke of Bedford (named after Bedford, England) is a title that has been created six times (for five distinct people) in the Peerage of England.

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Elizabeth Jesser Reid

Elizabeth Jesser Reid (25 December 1789 – 1 April 1866) was an English social reformer, anti-slavery activist and philanthropist.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Francis Walker (entomologist)

Francis Walker (31 July 1809 – 5 October 1874) was an English entomologist.

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Frederick Warne

Frederick Warne (13 October 1825 – 17 November 1901) was a British publisher, founder of Frederick Warne & Co.

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Frederick Warne & Co

Frederick Warne & Co is a British publisher famous for children's books, particularly those of Beatrix Potter, and for its Observer's Books which have gained a cult following.

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Garden square

A garden square is a type of communal garden in an urban area wholly or substantially surrounded by buildings and, commonly, continues to be applied to public and private parks formed after such a garden becomes accessible to the public at large.

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Georgian architecture

Georgian architecture is the name given in most English-speaking countries to the set of architectural styles current between 1714 and 1830.

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Gordon Square

Gordon Square is part of the Bedford Estate in Bloomsbury, London, United Kingdom (postal district WC1).

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H. H. Asquith

Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, (12 September 1852 – 15 February 1928), generally known as H. H. Asquith, was a British statesman of the Liberal Party who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916.

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Harry Ricardo

Sir Harry Ralph Ricardo (26 January 1885 – 18 May 1974) was one of the foremost engine designers and researchers in the early years of the development of the internal combustion engine.

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Henry Cavendish

Henry Cavendish FRS (10 October 1731 – 24 February 1810) was a British natural philosopher, scientist, and an important experimental and theoretical chemist and physicist.

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Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office

The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices (HKETOs) are the trade offices of Hong Kong outside the territory.

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John Scarlett Davis

John Scarlett Davis (1 September 1804 – 29 September 1845), or Davies, was an English landscape, portrait and architectural painter, and lithographer.

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John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon

John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon, (4 June 1751 – 13 January 1838) was a British barrister and politician.

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Johnston Forbes-Robertson

Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson (16 January 1853 – 6 November 1937Sir Johnston Forbes Robertson, Beauty And Grace In Acting, Obituaries, The Times, 8 November 1937.) was an English actor and theatre manager.

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Jonathan Cape

Jonathan Cape is a London publishing firm founded in 1921 by Herbert Jonathan Cape, who was head of the firm until his death in 1960.

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Lady Ottoline Morrell

Lady Ottoline Violet Anne Morrell (16 June 1873 – 21 April 1938) was an English aristocrat and society hostess.

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List of eponymous roads in London

The following is a partial list of eponymous roads in London – that is, roads named after people – with notes on the link between the road and the person.

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Listed building

A listed building, or listed structure, is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, Cadw in Wales, and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency in Northern Ireland.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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London Borough of Camden

The London Borough of Camden is a borough in north west London, and forms part of Inner London.

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London School of Business and Management

The London School of Business and Management is a higher education institution offering undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses in business management, accounting and finance, and law, awarded by the University of Northampton.

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (informally the LSHTM) is a public research university on Keppel Street, Bloomsbury, Camden, London, and specialised in public health and tropical medicine and a constituent college of the University of London.

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Lord Chancellor

The Lord Chancellor, formally the Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, is the highest ranking among those Great Officers of State which are appointed regularly in the United Kingdom, nominally outranking even the Prime Minister.

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Margot Asquith

Emma Alice Margaret Asquith, Countess of Oxford and Asquith (née Tennant; 2 February 1864 – 28 July 1945), known as Margot Asquith, was an Anglo-Scottish socialite, author, and wit.

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National Council for Voluntary Organisations

The National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) is the umbrella body for the voluntary and community sector in England.

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New College of the Humanities

New College of the Humanities (NCH), legally Tertiary Education Services Ltd, is an independent, primarily undergraduate and master's degree college in London, England, UK, founded by the philosopher A. C. Grayling, who became its first Master.

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Norman Warne

Norman Dalziel Warne (1868 – 25 August 1905) was the third son of publisher Frederick Warne, and joined his father's firm Frederick Warne & Co as an editor.

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Northern Cyprus

Northern Cyprus (Kuzey Kıbrıs), officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC; Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti), is a partially recognised state that comprises the northeastern portion of the island of Cyprus.

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Nuffield Foundation

The Nuffield Foundation is a charitable trust established in 1943 by William Morris, Lord Nuffield, the founder of Morris Motors Ltd.

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NYU London

NYU London is an academic centre of New York University located in London, United Kingdom.

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Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art is a scholarly centre in London devoted to supporting original research into the history of British Art.

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Paul Weidlinger

Paul Weidlinger (22 December 1922 – 1999) was a Hungarian structural engineer.

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Ram Mohan Roy

Raja Ram Mohan Roy (c. 1774 -- 27 September 1833) was a founder of the Brahma Sabha the precursor of the Brahmo Samaj, a socio-religious reform movement in India.

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Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England

The Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England provides a listing and classification system for historic parks and gardens similar to that used for listed buildings.

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Representative of North Cyprus, London

The Representative of North Cyprus in London is the diplomatic mission of North Cyprus in the United Kingdom.

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Royal Holloway, University of London

Royal Holloway, University of London (RHUL), formally incorporated as Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, is a public research university and a constituent college of the federal University of London.

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Russell Square

Russell Square is a large garden square in Bloomsbury, in the London Borough of Camden, built predominantly by James Burton.

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Sotheby's Institute of Art

Sotheby's Institute of Art is an institution of higher education devoted to the study of art and its markets with campuses in London (UK), New York City and Los Angeles (USA).

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Steen Eiler Rasmussen

Steen Eiler Rasmussen, Hon. FAIA (9 January 1898 – 19 June 1990) was a Danish architect and urban planner who was a professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, and a prolific writer of books and poetry.

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Tavistock Square

Tavistock Square is a public square in Bloomsbury, in the London Borough of Camden.

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The Apprentice (UK series six)

Series Six of The Apprentice (UK), a British reality television series, was broadcast in the UK during 2010 from 6 October to 19 December on BBC One; whereas previous series began in March, the BBC were forced to postpone until Autumn 2010, in order to avoid any conflicting issues with the 2010 General Election being held that month owing to Lord Sugar's ties to the government at the time.

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The Apprentice (UK TV series)

The Apprentice is a British business-styled reality game show, created by Mark Burnett, distributed by FremantleMedia and broadcast by the BBC.

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The Lancet

The Lancet is a weekly peer-reviewed general medical journal.

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Thomas Hodgkin

Thomas Hodgkin (17 August 1798 – 5 April 1866) was a British physician, considered one of the most prominent pathologists of his time and a pioneer in preventive medicine.

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Thomas Wakley

Thomas Wakley (11 July 1795 – 16 May 1862) was an English surgeon.

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Torrington Square

Torrington Square is a square in Bloomsbury, owned by the University of London, located in central London, England.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, also known as UNC, UNC Chapel Hill, the University of North Carolina, or simply Carolina, is a public research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States.

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William Butterfield

William Butterfield (7 September 1814 – 23 February 1900) was a Gothic Revival architect and associated with the Oxford Movement (or Tractarian Movement).

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Woburn Square

Woburn Square is the smallest of the Bloomsbury squares and owned by the University of London.

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Yale University Press

Yale University Press is a university press associated with Yale University.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedford_Square

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