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The Peckham Experiment

Index The Peckham Experiment

The Peckham Experiment took place between 1926 and 1950, initially generated by rising public concern over the health of the working class and an increasing interest in preventative social medicine. [1]

25 relations: A202 road, Alfred Webb-Johnson, 1st Baron Webb-Johnson, Craigmillar Festival Society, Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma, Eva Schmidt-Kolmer, Ewen Montagu, Holloway Brothers (London), Home education in the United Kingdom, Innes Hope Pearse, Isobel Cripps, J. Arthur Rank, List of English Heritage blue plaques in London, London School of Medicine for Women, Macroscope (novel), Margaret Lowenfeld, Maxwell Fry, Oliver Stanley, Owen Williams (engineer), Peckham, Percy Malcolm Stewart, Purley, London, Salutogenesis, Thomas Horder, 1st Baron Horder, Walter Elliot (Scottish politician), William Piercy, 1st Baron Piercy.

A202 road

The A202 is a primary A road in London.

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Alfred Webb-Johnson, 1st Baron Webb-Johnson

Colonel Alfred Edward Webb-Johnson, 1st Baron Webb-Johnson (4 September 1880 – 28 May 1958), known as Sir Alfred Webb-Johnson, Bt, between 1945 and 1948, was a British surgeon.

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Craigmillar Festival Society

The Craigmillar Festival Society (CFS) was a Community Arts organisation that existed in the Craigmillar area of Edinburgh, Scotland from 1962 to 2002.

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Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma

Edwina Cynthia Annette Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma, (née Ashley; 28 November 1901 – 21 February 1960) was an English heiress, socialite, relief worker and the last Vicereine of India as wife of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma.

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Eva Schmidt-Kolmer

Eva Schmidt-Kolmer (25 June 1913 - 29 August 1991) was an Austrian-German physician, university teacher and social psychologist.

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Ewen Montagu

Captain The Hon. Ewen Edward Samuel Montagu, CBE, QC, DL, RNR (19 March 1901 – 19 July 1985) was a British judge, writer and Naval intelligence officer.

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Holloway Brothers (London)

Holloway Brothers (London) Ltd was a leading English construction company specialising in building and heavy civil engineering work based in London.

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Home education in the United Kingdom

Home education in the UK is often termed "elective home education" (EHE) to signify the independent nature of practice from state provisions such as education for children with ill-health provided by the local authority in the family home.

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Innes Hope Pearse

Innes Hope Pearse (1889–1978) was an English doctor who co-founded a health centre that became famous as part of the Peckham Experiment.

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Isobel Cripps

Dame Isobel Cripps, GBE (née Swithinbank; 25 January 1891 – 11 April 1979), also known as the Honourable Lady Cripps, was a British overseas aid organiser and the wife of the Honourable Sir Stafford Cripps.

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J. Arthur Rank

Joseph Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank (22 December 1888 – 29 March 1972) was a British industrialist who was head and founder of the Rank Organisation.

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List of English Heritage blue plaques in London

This is a list of the approximately 938 blue plaques placed by English Heritage and its predecessors in the boroughs of London, the City of Westminster, and the City of London.

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London School of Medicine for Women

The London School of Medicine for Women established in 1874 was the first medical school in Britain to train women as doctors.

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Macroscope (novel)

Macroscope is a science fiction novel by British-American writer Piers Anthony.

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Margaret Lowenfeld

Margaret Frances Jane Lowenfeld (4 February 1890 – 2 February 1973) was a British pioneer of child psychology and play therapy, a medical researcher in paediatric medicine, and an author of several publications and academic papers on the study of child development and play.

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Maxwell Fry

Edwin Maxwell Fry, CBE, RA, FRIBA, FRTPI, known as Maxwell Fry (2 August 1899 – 3 September 1987), was an English modernist architect, writer and painter.

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Oliver Stanley

Oliver Frederick George Stanley, (4 May 1896 – 10 December 1950) was a prominent British Conservative politician who held many ministerial posts before his relatively early death.

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Owen Williams (engineer)

Sir Evan Owen Williams (20 March 1890 – 23 May 1969) was a British engineer and architect, known for being the principal engineer for Gravelly Hill Interchange (known popularly as Spaghetti Junction) as well as a number of key modernist buildings, including the Express Building in Manchester and Boots D10 Building in Nottingham.

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Peckham

Peckham is a district of south-east London, England, south-east of Charing Cross.

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Percy Malcolm Stewart

Sir Percy Malcolm Stewart, 1st Baronet (9 May 1872 – 27 February 1951), was an English industrialist and philanthropist.

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Purley, London

Purley is a town in South London within the London Borough of Croydon.

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Salutogenesis

Salutogenesis is a term coined by Aaron Antonovsky,Antonovsky, A. "Health, Stress and Coping" San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1979 a professor of medical sociology.

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Thomas Horder, 1st Baron Horder

Thomas Jeeves Horder, 1st Baron Horder, (7 January 1871 – 13 August 1955) was an English physician recognised as a leading clinician and diagnostician of his day.

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Walter Elliot (Scottish politician)

Walter Elliot Elliot, (19 September 1888 – 8 January 1958) was a prominent Scottish Unionist Party politician in the interwar years.

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William Piercy, 1st Baron Piercy

William Piercy, 1st Baron Piercy CBE (7 February 1886 – 7 July 1966) was a British economist, civil servant, businessman and financier.

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References

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

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