Subjects of historical plaques - A

Dr Ernst Abbe PhD
(1840-1905) optical scientist
Abbs Field
football ground
Patrick Abercrombie
(1879-1957) town and country planning pioneer
Thomas Adams
(1807-1873) philanthropist
Abigail Adams
(1744-1818)
William Bridges Adams
(1797-1872) inventor
Benjamin Adkins
(1831-1908) architect
Aelthelfreda
Abbess of Shaftesbury
George Africanus
(1763-1834) entrepreneur
Félicien Agard
(1804-1869) member of the Academy of Aix
Sir James Agg-Gardner
(1846-1928) Knight Bachelor
Conrad Aiken
(1889-1973) poet
Charles W. Alcock
(1842-1907) footballer
Louisa May Alcott
(1832-1888) author
Aldersgate
(d.1761) gate
Sir Sidney Alexander
(1863-1929) Mayor of Faversham
William Cleverly Alexander
(1840-1916) art lover
Hinrich Alfers
stonemason
Michael Gower Alford
architect
All The Year Round
magazine
Walter Godfrey Allen FSA FRIBA
(1891-1986) architect
Alois Alzheimer
(1864-1915) psychiatrist
Thomas Ambler
(1838-1920) architect
Jessie Daniel Ames
(1883-1972) civil rights activist
Ancient Society of York Florists
(1768-present) society
Dr Louisa Garrett Anderson CBE
(1873-1943) Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Marian Anderson
(1897-1993) contralto
Anderton's Hotel, London
hotel
John Andrews
merchant
Thomas Anguish
(1538-1617) Mayor of Norwich
Queen Ann of Bohemia
(1366-1394) Queen Consort of England
Lady Mabel Annesley
(1881-1959) Lady
Mary Anning
(1799-1847) fossilist
Alberto Antebi
Beatriz Arango
(d.1977)
Albert Edward Arber
(d.1941) Auxiliary Fireman
John Archer
(1863-1932) first black mayor in London
Jean Armour
(1765-1834) muse
Claudio Arrau
(1903-1991) pianist
Ashfield Works, Otley
print works
Elias Ashmole
(1617-1692) antiquary
Automobile Association
association
Francis William Aston
(1877-1945) Nobel Chemistry Laureate
Louisa Astrop
(1922-2005) community psychiatric nurse
Athenaeum Club, Toronto
(1891-present) club
Atlas Works, Otley
print works
W. H. Auden
(1907-1973) poet
Henry Austen
(1771-1850) banker
Sir Alfred Ayer
(1910-1989) philosopher
John Law Ayers
bank director