Shadwell Basin - People

People

People associated with the area:

Politicians
  • Jim Fitzpatrick, Labour Member of Parliament since 1997 for Poplar and Canning Town and then Poplar and Limehouse
Victorian Era
  • Sir William Henry Perkin (1838–1907) chemist who discovered aniline purple dye was baptised at St. Paul's Church, Shadwell
Earlier
  • Captain James Cook (1728–1779) lived in the area, and baptised some of his children at St. Paul's Church, Shadwell
  • Jane Randolph (1720–1776), mother of President of the United States Thomas Jefferson, was born in Shakespeare Walk (a road which ran from north to south in the middle of what is now Shadwell Basin) and was baptised at St. Paul's Church, Shadwell
  • John Wesley (1703–1791) preached at St. Paul's Church, Shadwell

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