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Sculptor: Martin Jennings (b.1957)
Unveiled: 30 June 2016 by Baroness Floella Benjamin
Mary Seacole
Mary Seacole (1805-1881), nurse and businesswoman. Her bronze statue was unveiled in 2016, the result of a 12 year campaign by the Mary Seacole Statue Appeal. It was the first in the UK to honour a named black woman.
Location: outside St Thomas’ Hospital, SE1