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| Name: | O'Brien, Katherine [Kate] (1897-1974) |
| Brief: | Novelist and playwright, 'Without my Cloak' won the James Tait Black and Hawthornden prizes |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 37 Gordon Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1930-1931 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | O'Brien, Katherine [Kate] (1897-1974) |
| Brief: | Novelist and playwright, 'Without my Cloak' won the James Tait Black and Hawthornden prizes |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 11 Great James Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1926-1928 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | O'Brien, Katherine [Kate] (1897-1974) |
| Brief: | Novelist and playwright, 'Without my Cloak' won the James Tait Black and Hawthornden prizes |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 33 Great James Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1935-1939 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | O'Brien, Sir Thomas Joseph [Tom] (1900-1970) |
| Brief: | Trade unionist and Labour Party politician, President of the TUC |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | 57 Parliament Hill |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1939-1970 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | O'Rourke, Edmund (1814-1879) |
| Brief: | Actor, theatre manager, songwriter and playwright, stage name Edmund Falconer, known for his keen wit and outstanding acting skills |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 28 Keppel Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1879 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | O'Rourke, Edmund (1814-1879) |
| Brief: | Actor, theatre manager, songwriter and playwright, stage name Edmund Falconer, known for his keen wit and outstanding acting skills |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 29 Montague Place |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1871 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | O'Toole, Peter Seamus (1932-2013) |
| Brief: | Stage and film actor, nominated for many awards, one of his best remembered roles was T. E. Lawrence in Lawrence of Arabia |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 98 Heath Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1962-1967 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Oddie, William Edgar [Bill] (1941-2026) |
| Brief: | Actor, conservationist, bird-watcher, TV presenter and writer, widely remembered as a member of the British comedy trio the Goodies. |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 31 Heath Hurst Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1998-2016 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Odent, Michel Robert Fortuné (1930-2025) |
| Brief: | Obstetrician, proponent of natural childbirth and the birthing pool |
| Category: | Medicine |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | 72 Savernake Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 2003-2014 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Odger, George (1813-1877) |
| Brief: | Shoemaker and trade unionist, head of the London Trades Council, President of the First International. |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 18 St Giles High Street |
| Contemp. address: | 18 High Street |
| Resident: | 1871-1877 |
| Notes: | Demolished & blue plaque removed to St Giles in the Fields |
| Name: | Odger, George (1813-1877) |
| Brief: | Shoemaker and trade unionist, head of the London Trades Council, President of the First International. |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Brooke's Court |
| Contemp. address: | 12 Bell Court |
| Resident: | 1851 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Oertling, Ludwig (1818-1893) |
| Brief: | Scientific instrument maker who specialised in high accuracy chemical, assay and bullion balances |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 13 Store Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1851 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Ogden, Charles Kay (1889-1957) |
| Brief: | Psychologist, linguist, philosopher and writer who established the Orthological Institute to promote a simplified version of English called Basic English |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 45 Gordon Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1938-1948 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Ogdon, John Andrew Howard (1937-1989) |
| Brief: | Pianist and composer, joint winner of the Tchaikovsky competition in Moscow in 1962 |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 13 Chester Terrace |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1968-1975 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Oldham, John (1779-1840) |
| Brief: | Miniature painter and inventor, his inventions include a numbering machine for banknotes, a feathering paddle-wheel, and the 'Oldham Coupling' for connecting drive shafts |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 13 Montague Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1840 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Oliphant, Thomas (1799-1873) |
| Brief: | Musician, artist and author who wrote the words to 'Deck the Hall(s) with Boughs of Holly' |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 66 Albany Street |
| Contemp. address: | 33 Albany Street |
| Resident: | 1837-1839 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Olivier, Sydney Haldane, Baron Olivier (1859-1943) |
| Brief: | Civil servant and Fabian who served as Governor of Jamaica and as Secretary of State for India |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 37 Brookfield Mansions, Highgate West Hill |
| Contemp. address: | 37 Brookfield Mansions, West Hill |
| Resident: | 1918-1921 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Onions, (George) Oliver (1873-1961) |
| Brief: | Novelist best remembered for his ghost stories, notably the collection 'Widdershins' |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 2 Heath House, 26 New End Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1911 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Onions, (George) Oliver (1873-1961) |
| Brief: | Novelist best remembered for his ghost stories, notably the collection 'Widdershins' |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 91 South Hill Park |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1915 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Onslow, Arthur (1691-1768) |
| Brief: | Whig MP and Speaker of the House of Commons |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Great Russell Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1768 |
| Notes: | Location uncertain |
| Name: | Opie, John (1761-1807) |
| Brief: | Historical and portrait painter who enjoyed great success, producing 508 portraits of notable men and women |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 63 Great Queen Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1783-1791 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Oppenheimer, Sir Francis Charles (1870-1961) |
| Brief: | Diplomat |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 1A Russell Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1870-1872 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Orage, Alfred Richard (1873-1934) |
| Brief: | Political thinker, editor of 'The New Age', co-founder of the Leeds Arts Club, supporter of the social credit movement |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 9 The Mount |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1934 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Oram, William (~1710-1777) |
| Brief: | Painter and architect, master-carpenter to the Board of Works who designed a triumphal arch for the coronation of George III |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Heathlands, Heath Brow |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1770-1777 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Orchardson, Sir William Quiller (1832-1910) |
| Brief: | Painter of domestic and historical subjects (e.g. The First Cloud and Napoleon on board the Bellepheron) |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 37 Fitzroy Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1863-1865 |
| Notes: | Rebuilt in facsimile |
| Name: | Ordish, Rowland Mason (1824-1886) |
| Brief: | Civil engineer who worked on landmark projects including the roof of St Pancras station, Albert Bridge, Royal Albert Hall and Holborn Viaduct |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 25 Stratford Villas |
| Contemp. address: | 19 Stratford Place |
| Resident: | 1886 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Ordish, Rowland Mason (1824-1886) |
| Brief: | Civil engineer who worked on landmark projects including the roof of St Pancras station, Albert Bridge, Royal Albert Hall and Holborn Viaduct |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 1 North Crescent |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1851 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Ordish, Rowland Mason (1824-1886) |
| Brief: | Civil engineer who worked on landmark projects including the roof of St Pancras station, Albert Bridge, Royal Albert Hall and Holborn Viaduct |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 28 St Mark's Crescent |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1861 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Ordish, Rowland Mason (1824-1886) |
| Brief: | Civil engineer who worked on landmark projects including the roof of St Pancras station, Albert Bridge, Royal Albert Hall and Holborn Viaduct |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 47 Islip Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1871 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Ordish, Rowland Mason (1824-1886) |
| Brief: | Civil engineer who worked on landmark projects including the roof of St Pancras station, Albert Bridge, Royal Albert Hall and Holborn Viaduct |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 1 Willes Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1881 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Orme, Edward (1775-1848) |
| Brief: | Engraver, publisher of illustrated books and developer of property in Bayswater (incl. Orme Square) |
| Category: | Printmaking & photography |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 6 Fitzroy Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1829-1848 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Orpen, Sir William Newenham Montague (1878-1931) |
| Brief: | War artist during WW1 then commercially successful painter of portraits for Edwardian society |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 35 Maple Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1898 |
| Notes: | 'Thackeray House', demolished |
| Name: | Orpen, Sir William Newenham Montague (1878-1931) |
| Brief: | War artist during WW1 then commercially successful painter of portraits for Edwardian society |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 21 Fitzroy Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1901 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Orrock, James (1829-1913) |
| Brief: | Collector of art and oriental ceramics, illustrator and landscape watercolourist. Lord Leverhulme bought almost all of Orrock's art collection |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 43 Bloomsbury Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1872-1875 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Orrock, James (1829-1913) |
| Brief: | Collector of art and oriental ceramics, illustrator and landscape watercolourist. Lord Leverhulme bought almost all of Orrock's art collection |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 1 Bedford Place |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1871 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Orrock, James (1829-1913) |
| Brief: | Collector of art and oriental ceramics, illustrator and landscape watercolourist. Lord Leverhulme bought almost all of Orrock's art collection |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 48 Bedford Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1880-1913 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Orton, John Kingsley [Joe] (1933-1967) |
| Brief: | Playwright, author and diarist who shocked, outraged and amused audiences with his scandalous black comedies |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 31 Gower Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1951 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Orton, John Kingsley [Joe] (1933-1967) |
| Brief: | Playwright, author and diarist who shocked, outraged and amused audiences with his scandalous black comedies |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 161 West End Lane |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1951-1953 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Orwell, George [Blair, Eric Arthur] (1903-1950) |
| Brief: | Writer and essayist (Animal Farm, Nineteen Eighty-Four, The Road to Wigan Pier) |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 50 Lawford Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1935-1936 |
| Notes: | GLC blue plaque |
| Name: | Orwell, George [Blair, Eric Arthur] (1903-1950) |
| Brief: | Writer and essayist (Animal Farm, Nineteen Eighty-Four, The Road to Wigan Pier) |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 77 Parliament Hill |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1935 |
| Notes: | Hampstead Plaque Fund plaque |
| Name: | Orwell, George [Blair, Eric Arthur] (1903-1950) |
| Brief: | Writer and essayist (Animal Farm, Nineteen Eighty-Four, The Road to Wigan Pier) |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | Warwick Mansions, Pond Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1934-1935 |
| Notes: | Commemorative plaque |
| Name: | Orwell, George [Blair, Eric Arthur] (1903-1950) |
| Brief: | Writer and essayist (Animal Farm, Nineteen Eighty-Four, The Road to Wigan Pier) |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 10 Mortimer Crescent |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1942-1944 |
| Notes: | Demolished, Historic Kilburn plaque nearby |
| Name: | Osborn, Emily Mary (1828-1925) |
| Brief: | Painter known for her pictures of children and women in distress, (e.g. Nameless and Friendless) |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 37 Bernard Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1851-1854 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Osborn, Emily Mary (1828-1925) |
| Brief: | Painter known for her pictures of children and women in distress, (e.g. Nameless and Friendless) |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 133 Gower Street |
| Contemp. address: | 30 Upper Gower Street |
| Resident: | 1855-1867 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Osborn, Emily Mary (1828-1925) |
| Brief: | Painter known for her pictures of children and women in distress, (e.g. Nameless and Friendless) |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 58 Charlotte Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1873 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Osborn, Emily Mary (1828-1925) |
| Brief: | Painter known for her pictures of children and women in distress, (e.g. Nameless and Friendless) |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 12 Buckland Crescent |
| Contemp. address: | 12 Buckland Villas |
| Resident: | 1875 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Osborn, Robert Durie (1835-1889) |
| Brief: | Army officer who served throughout the Indian Mutiny and writer on religious and political aspects of Islam |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 20 Winchester Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1885-1889 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Osborne, Cecil (1909-1996) |
| Brief: | Artist, member of the East London group, painted murals of Camden for the town hall |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/09/16/cecil-osbornes-murals-for-sale/ |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | 45 Savernake Road |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1939 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Osborne, Cecil (1909-1996) |
| Brief: | Artist, member of the East London group, painted murals of Camden for the town hall |
| Category: | Painting & drawing |
| Wikipedia: | |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/09/16/cecil-osbornes-murals-for-sale/ |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | 46 Belsize Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1949-1956 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Osborne, Lord Sydney Godolphin (1808-1889) |
| Brief: | Cleric, philanthropist and writer, best known for his frequent letters to The Times |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | near Rowland Hill Street |
| Contemp. address: | Bartrams |
| Resident: | 1851-1861 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Osborne, Thomas (~1704-1767) |
| Brief: | Publisher and bookseller noted for his association with author Samuel Johnson and his purchase of the library of Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | Field Court, Gray's Inn |
| Contemp. address: | 1-2 Page's Buildings |
| Resident: | 1738-1767 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Osborne, Thomas (~1704-1767) |
| Brief: | Publisher and bookseller noted for his association with author Samuel Johnson and his purchase of the library of Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | |
| Address: | Spencer Walk |
| Contemp. address: | Norway House |
| Resident: | 1754 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Ostrer, Isidore (1889-1975) |
| Brief: | Banker, financier, poet, newspaper and film studio owner. The Ostrer brothers controlled Gaumont-British Picture Corporation |
| Category: | Other (incl. business, military & exploration) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 18 Compayne Gardens |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1919-1922 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Ottley, Alice (1840-1912) |
| Brief: | Headmistress |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 47 Albany Street |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1912 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Oulton, Brian (1908-1992) |
| Brief: | Character actor who appeared in over 50 films |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 17 Burgess Hill |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1951-1962 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Oulton, Brian (1908-1992) |
| Brief: | Character actor who appeared in over 50 films |
| Category: | Performing arts (incl. composers of music & sport) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 43 Chester Close North |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1972-1984 |
| Notes: | |
| Name: | Ouvry, Frederic (1814-1881) |
| Brief: | Lawyer and antiquary, solicitor to Charles Dickens and president of the Incorporated Law Society |
| Category: | Politics & administration (incl. law & economics) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 135 Gower Street |
| Contemp. address: | 29 Upper Gower Street |
| Resident: | 1856-1859 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Owen, Robert (1771-1858) |
| Brief: | Textile manufacturer, philanthropist and social reformer, founder of of utopian socialist communities and the cooperative movement |
| Category: | Religion, reform & social science |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 4 Burton Place |
| Contemp. address: | 4 Crescent Place |
| Resident: | 1832-1840 |
| Notes: | Marchmont Association plaque |
| Name: | Owen, Sir Richard (1804-1892) |
| Brief: | Comparative anatomist and palaeontologist, expert on fossils who coined the word coining the term Dinosaur. His reputation suffered because he failed to embrace the new theory of evolution. |
| Category: | Science, engineering & mathematics |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 23 Park Village East |
| Contemp. address: | 6 Park Cottages |
| Resident: | 1840-1842 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
| Name: | Owen, Wilfred Edward Salter (1893-1918) |
| Brief: | One of the leading poets of the First World War, e.g. 'Dulce et Decorum est' and 'Anthem for Doomed Youth' |
| Category: | Literature (incl. poetry, journalism & publishing) |
| Wikipedia: | Wikipedia |
| ODNB: | ODNB |
| Other ref.: | |
| Ancestry: | Ancestry |
| Address: | 54 Tavistock Square |
| Contemp. address: | |
| Resident: | 1915 |
| Notes: | Demolished |
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