George Birkbeck
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George Birkbeck was an English physician, academic, philanthropist, pioneer in adult education and a professor of natural philosophy at the Andersonian Institute. He is the founder of Birkbeck, Univer
George Birkbeck by Samuel Lane. Oil, 1830.
The George Birkbeck family mausoleum at Kensal Green Cemetery, London
Memorial to George Birkbeck in St Alkelda's Giggleswick
Settle, North Yorkshire
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Settle is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, the town had a population of 2,421 in the 2001 census, increasing to 2,564 at the 20
George Birkbeck
…and London. He was President of the Medical and Chirurgical Society of London in 1825. Birkbeck was born on 10 January 1776 to a Quaker family in Settle, West Riding of Yorkshire. His mother was Sarah and his father, William, was a merchant and banker. Birkbeck went to Sedbergh School and then studied…
Settle Town Hall
View from Castlebergh
Settle station, looking to the south
2015 Swaledale from Kisdon Hill