Mary Seacole

Mary Seacole

female, deceased (1881)
Mary Jane Seacole (1805 - 14 May 1881) was a mixed-race British nurse. Born in Jamaica, she operated boarding houses in Panama and Crimea while...
Horace Vernet

Horace Vernet

male, deceased (1863)
Émile Jean-Horace Vernet, occurred in 1796. Vernet depicted many other battles of the Napoleonic Wars, including the Battle of Jena. Also, he a...
Beryl Bainbridge

Beryl Bainbridge

female, 75 years old
Dame Beryl Margaret Bainbridge, DBE (b. 21 November 1932, Liverpool) is an English novelist. She has been nominated for the Booker Prize several...
William Howard Russell

William Howard Russell

male, deceased (1907)
William Howard Russell (28 March, 1821 - 11 February, 1907) was an Irish reporter with "The Times", and is considered to have been one of the first...
George Brown

George Brown

male, deceased (1865)
General Sir George Brown, GCB KH (1790–1865) was a British soldier notable for commands in the Peninsular War and the Crimean War. He was born an...

James Robertson

male, deceased (1888)
James Robertson was a British photographer and gem and coin engraver who worked in the Mediterranean region, the Crimea and India. He was one of...
Mehemet Ali

Mehemet Ali

male, deceased (1878)
Mehemet Ali, Pasha (1827 - 7 September 1878) was an Ottoman soldier. He was born in Brandenburg, Prussia as Karl Detroit, but left home when young,...

John Alexander

male, deceased (1857)
John Alexander was born in Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland (date unknown), died 24 September 1857, and was by birth an Irish recipient of the...

William Simpson

male, deceased (1899)
William Simpson (Glasgow 1823 - 1899) was an artist who sketched scenes of war for the British press. He is particularly noted for his depictions...
Alexis Soyer

Alexis Soyer

male, deceased (1858)
Alexis Benoît Soyer was a famous French chef who became the most famous cook in Victorian London. He also tried to alleviate suffering of the I...