Comments | major_clanger: The Royal College of Physicians, and John Dee

major_clanger

The Royal College of Physicians, and John Dee

Jan 17, 2016 13:00

I've discovered a fresh bit of amazing London architecture: the Royal College of Physicians building next to Regent's Park.

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Comments 7

hano January 17 2016, 20:48:42 UTC

Brilliant place, I ran some conferences there when I worked for BCS. I hope the food is as good as it was around 2004-7.

major_clanger January 17 2016, 20:51:39 UTC

The conference catering was indeed excellent.

owlfish January 19 2016, 12:23:51 UTC

Boo, you are not helping me mange my lingering disappointment in not being able to get a to a food history evening/reception there last month.

don_fitch January 17 2016, 23:32:55 UTC

I do not not (much) like Dr. Dee, but the display sounds interesting, as he was ( ... )

major_clanger January 18 2016, 08:20:33 UTC

The Chelsea Physic Garden is several miles away and was founded as part of the Society of Apothecaries although it's now run separately.

The RCP and SoA had a legal battle some 300 years ago (see the mention of the 'Rose Case' here) about the regulation of who could practise medicine, but they seem to have got on well for the last couple of centuries.

ffutures January 18 2016, 09:27:59 UTC

That chimney stack (or whatever it is) is interesting - the only other one I can think of that looks anything like that is on the so-called "battleship building" at Little Venice, which was built by the Great Western Railway and was actually supposed to look like one of their ferries. Is there any nautical connection in this case?

major_clanger January 18 2016, 10:53:43 UTC

I'm not sure. There are a couple of monographs available on Lasdun's work both generally and as regards the RCP but copies aren't cheap!