London has always attracted those who would become famous for their impact on society, and many of their houses are now museums around the capital.
– The Charles Dickens Museum was home to the author for just two years from 1837-1839, but in this time he managed to write two of his most famous books – Nicholas Nickleby and Oliver Twist. The museum today displays letters, early editions of his books and other memorabilia from his life.
– Down House was the home of Charles Darwin while he was writing “The Origin of Species”, often known simply as the theory of evolution. The museum includes a multi-media tour narrated Sir by David Attenborough detailing how Charles Darwin came to the conclusions found in this groundbreaking work.
– The Freud Museum was the London home of Sigmund Freud when he fled Nazi Germany just before the outbreak of World War II. He had already established himself as the established figure in the new field of psychoanalysis, and his famous quote “Give me a boy until he’s 7, and I will show you the man”. The museum in Hampstead still includes his desk, antiques and the famous couch.
– Florence Nightingale Museum is set in three pavilions which take the visitor on a trip through her life up to, including and beyond the Crimean War where she was a nurse. Florence is celebrated with many achievements, most notable cutting the death rate of soldiers in field hospitals drastically and inventing the pie-chart which was used to show the generals why her ideas were worth considering.
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