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The Novo Cemetery

   

The Novo Cemetery

Photography: Norah Alghafis

Drapers' Bar and Kitchen                                                                           Clement Atlee Statue

The Cemetery found on Queen Mary University’s campus is the second plot of land that was bought in 1733 due to the previous cemetery needing multiple repairs and it had been quickly filled up. 

It is a burial ground of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews in London from 1657 to 1735. It contains graves belonging to the Jewish community of 17th century and 18th century.  

Some notable people that are buried here, include: 

  • Diego Lopes Pereira – confidant of Queen Maria Theresa of Austria  
  • Solomon da Costa Atias – who presented a library of Hebrew books to the British Museum in 1759 
  • Daniel Mendoza – the celebrated boxer and the ‘father’ of the art of pugilism

 

Sources Used:

Queen Mary University of London Archives, Reference: GM/4/4

   

Other ways to explore Queen Mary College:

Queen Mary Library

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The people page shows all the key figures mentioned throughout the tour, whose revolutionary work in their respective fields still assist in research today. 

People

The stories page provides information about the Trust established between Westfield College and Queen Mary College.

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