Bloomsbury People

I am creating an archive of residents and people who worked in 19th century Bloomsbury (London). My name is Carole Reeves and I'm the Outreach Historian at the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine, University College London. Do your ancestors have Bloomsbury connections? E.mail: c.reeves@ucl.ac.uk

Thursday, 4 August 2011

Bloomsbury Project goes live

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The Bloomsbury Project, of which this blog has been a feature, has now been completed after three years research, and the website has been ...
Wednesday, 9 March 2011

2nd Viscount Frankfort de Montmorency and a case of libel

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I’ve just received a fascinating e.mail from Raymond Foster whose ancestors, the Newsoms of Bloomsbury Square , were featured in February. ...
Friday, 11 February 2011

Alfred Gibbs Bourne, UCL, and Sir (Edwin) Ray Lankester

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Mark Bourne’s account of his great, great grandfather’s experience at UCL under the tutorship of the eminent zoologist, Ray Lankester (1847...
Thursday, 10 February 2011

The Bayntons of Bloomsbury

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Simon Auger contacted me for help in find out more about his maternal ancestors, Thomas (baptised 1718) and Mary (nee Tufton) Baynton (d. 17...
Wednesday, 9 February 2011

Bloomsbury missionary becomes head of a church

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Bloomsbury People has featured a number of stories about Bishop Andrew McLaglen , the father of Hollywood star, Victor McLaglen. Andrew McLa...

Bloomsbury writer gives Charlie Chaplin idea for film

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Some time ago Jenny Woolf contacted me to draw my attention to a book by Thomas Burke (1886-1945) entitled Living in Bloomsbury . London: G....
Tuesday, 8 February 2011

The Love Letters of Alfred Gibbs Bourne

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Mark Bourne contacted me with a fascinating account of his great, great grandfather’s experience at University College London (UCL). Alfred ...
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Carole Reeves
London, United Kingdom
Medical Historian, develops projects to further public interest in the history of medicine and helps individual / communities to do their own projects.
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