This diary initially set in one of London’s most formative periods – the early 19th century, when developers were building what are now the inner suburbs. It ends in one of the Empire’s colonies, in which making a living was hazardous, but where there was opportunity for the bold and resilient.
Charles Roach Smith (1806-90) and the first Museum of London
Speaker: Dr. Michael Rhodes. After establishing his Pharmacy in the City of London in 1834, Charles Roach Smith learnt that numerous antiquities were being unearthed in Thames dredging operations and …
