Jeremy Bentham

Jeremy Bentham

male, deceased (1832)
philosopher, fromSpitalfields, University College London, feminism, Political theorist, Social philosophy…From London
Jeremy Bentham - June 6, 1832) was an English jurist, philosopher, and legal and social reformer. He was a political radical and a leading theorist...
Mary Wollstonecraft

Mary Wollstonecraft

female, deceased (1797)
Feminist, death by sepsis, historian, Women travel writer, English women writer, feminist philosopher…fromSpitalfields
Mary Wollstonecraft (27 April 1759 - 10 September 1797) was a British writer, philosopher and feminist. During her brief career, she wrote novels,...
Jack Sheppard

Jack Sheppard

male, deceased (1724)
executions by Great Britain, hanged, Ghostwritten, The Beggar's Opera, Tyburn, Tyburn, London…fromSpitalfields
Jack Sheppard was a notorious English robber, burglar and thief of early 18th century London. Born into a poor family, he was apprenticed as a...
Hannah Billig

Hannah Billig

female, deceased (1987)
George Medal recipient, East End of London, British Indian Army officer, English, Member of the Order of the British Empire, fromSpitalfields
Dr Hannah Billig GM, MBE (4 October, 1901 -11 July, 1987) was a doctor who worked in the East End of London. Her popularity with her patients, and...