Subjects of historical plaques - P

George Padmore
(1903-1959) Pan-Africanist
William Page
builder
Sir Joseph Paine
(1599-1668) Sheriff of Norwich
Peter Pane AB
(d.1951) Able Seaman
Sir Anthony Panizzi
(1797-1879) Knight Bachelor
Sylvia Pankhurst
(1882-1960) campaigner for women's rights
General Pasquale Paoli
(1725-1807) Corsican Army General
Shayanuja Parathasangary
(d.2005) bombing victim
Isolda Parewastel
pilgrim in Jerusalem
George Parfitt
builder of one of Britain's earliest petrol driven vehicles
E.R.A.2. George Parker
(d.1951) Engine Room Artificer 2nd class
Alexander Parkes
(1813-1890) inventor of the first plastic
Adrian Parmenter
(1589-1663) Mayor of Norwich
Coventry Patmore
(1823-1896) poet
The Pavement
(1378-present) street
Dr Innes Pearse
(1889-1978) Doctor - Bachelor of Medicine MBBS
P.O. Dennis Pearson
(d.1951) Royal Navy Petty Officer
Karl Pearson
(1857-1936) pioneer statistician
John Loughborough Pearson
(1817-1897) architect
Charles Edmund Peczenik
(1877-1967) architect
Penguin Books
(1935-present) company
Spencer Perceval
(1762-1812) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Sir William Henry Perkin FRS
(1838-1907) Fellow of the Royal Society
Ruth Perl
Holocaust victim
Nancy Perriam
(1767-1865) powder monkey
Richard Perring
Clerk of the Cheque at Sheerness and Plymouth Dockyards
Dr Stephen Perse
(1548-1615) Doctor of Medicine
Jack Petersen OBE TD
(1911-1990) boxer
Sir Nikolaus Pevsner
(1902-1983) architectural historian
John Phillip RA
(1817-1867) Royal Academician
Philosophical and Literary Institution
(1825-present) institute
Philosophical Hall
hall
Frank Pick
(1878-1941) pioneer of good design for London Transport
Sir Isaac Pitman
(1813-1897) teacher
Ponchatoula Depot
(1854-present) train depot
Louisa E. Porter
(1861-1891)
Johannes Friedrich Posselt
Professor of Astronomy
Kenilworth Pound
animal pound
Edwin Pover
(1842-1903)
Cecil Powell FRS
(1903-1969) physicist
Joseph Powney
Elvis Presley
(1935-1977) singer
Sub Lt Robin Preston
(d.1951) Royal Navy Sub-lieutenant
Joseph Prestwich
(1812-1896) Professor of Geology
J. B. Priestley OM
(1894-1984) novelist
Sir Rt Hon. Earl Lord Viscount Archibald Primrose KG PC KT
(1847-1929) Earl of Rosebery
Edward Prior
architect
Priory of the Blackfriars
(1278-1538) priory
Probe Records
record shop
Rev A. W. Pryor
Reverend