51-1403: Christopher Smith may refer to: Entertainment [ edit ] Christopher Webb Smith (1793–1871), English-born bird painter and public official Christopher Smith (performer) (born 1959), American actor, director and improviser Christopher Corey Smith (born 1962), American voice actor Christopher Smith (director) (born 1970), British film director Christopher Smith (English actor) (born 1984), English actor Christopher Bjorn Smith Jr. (born 1991), American rapper and singer Christopher Nicholas Smith , American film and TV actor Christopher Allan Smith, drummer with The Internet Sports [ edit ] Christopher Smith (linebacker) (born 1988), Canadian football linebacker Christopher Smith II (born 2000), American football player Others [ edit ] Christopher Smith (MP, died 1589) (by 1510–1589), English politician Christopher Smith (MP, died 1835) , English Lord Mayor of London and Member of Parliament Christopher Arthur Smith (1892–1952), South Australian architect Christopher Neil-Smith (1920–1995), Anglican exorcist Christopher Llewellyn Smith (born 1942), British physicist Christopher N. Smith (born 1964), American attorney at law and foreign consul Christopher Smith (classicist) (born 1965), ancient historian, Director of
102-662: A Bakerloo line extension to Camberwell on at least three occasions since the 1930s. Denmark Hill and Loughborough Junction railway stations serve Camberwell, whilst Peckham Rye and East Dulwich are both approximately one mile (1.5 kilometres) from Camberwell Green . These stations are all in London fare zone 2 . London Overground , Southeastern , and Thameslink trains serve Denmark Hill. There are regular rail services to various destinations across Central London . There are also direct rail links to destinations elsewhere in London and
153-573: A Christmas tour. Doyly was an English baronet, a senior civil servant with the East India Company and a prolific amateur artist. Webb Smith found that he and D’Oyly shared a common interest in natural history and sketching. The pair became firm friends, ultimately leading to the collaboration in two publications in the field of ornithology. They published two illustrated works, namely Game Birds of Hindostan and Oriental Ornithology. The birds were drawn exclusively by Webb Smith while D’Oyly contributed
204-532: A book called The King of Camberwell , the third instalment of her Adams family saga about Cockney life. Comedian Jenny Eclair is a long-term resident of Camberwell, and the area features in her 2001 novel Camberwell Beauty , named after a species of butterfly . Playwright Martin McDonagh and his brother, writer/director John Michael McDonagh , live in Camberwell. The 2014 novel The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters
255-524: A former manor house. All except one of its 30 pupils came from the parish of St Andrew Undershaft in the City of London. The funding for the school came from a bequest from Mary Datchelor, who died childless. Proceeds of a property in Threadneedle Street used as a coffee-house were used to pay for apprenticeships for the poor boys of the parish, but as demographics in the City changed, it was decided to set up
306-638: A native of Scotland in 1824. As a boy, he had shown an interest in birds. At the Fitzwilliam college, Dr W. Carey encouraged him to study Indian birds. India, with its abundance of wildlife, provided him with the opportunity to take up a serious study birds as a “gentleman naturalist”. During his years in India, he developed the habit of rising early and going out with his gun, shooting selected specimens and returning home to record their size, weight, habitat and make drawings of them. His exhaustive notes demonstrate that he
357-462: A reputation as ornithological artist and collaborated in producing two books with Sir Charles D'Oyly - The Feathered Game of Hindostan (1828) and Oriental Ornithology (1829), Smith depicting the birds and the foliage, D'Oyly the background landscapes. Smith may have also influenced some of the artists of local artists of the Patna Qalam school who were employed by Charles D'Oyly. Smith stayed at
408-527: A school. By the 1970s, the school was receiving funding from the Clothworkers' Company and the Inner London Education Authority funded teaching posts. The school came under pressure from ILEA to become co-educational and comprehensive. Faced with this choice or becoming fully private, the school's governors instead decided to close in 1981. The school buildings were later used as offices for
459-568: A variety theatre in 1943, but closed on 28 April 1956 and was demolished. Nearby, marked by Orpheus Street, was the "Metropole Theatre and Opera House", presenting transfers of West End shows . This was demolished to build an Odeon cinema in 1939. The cinema seated 2,470, and has since been demolished. A second ABC cinema, known originally as the Regal Cinema and later as the ABC Camberwell, opened in 1940. With only one screen but 2,470 seats,
510-607: A vision of angels in a tree. Camberwell is referred to in the film Withnail and I – " Camberwell carrot " is the name of the enormous spliff rolled using 12 rolling papers, by Danny the dealer. His explanation for the name is, "I invented it in Camberwell and it looks like a carrot". The avant-garde band Camberwell Now named themselves after the area. Basement Jaxx recorded three songs about Camberwell: "Camberwell Skies", "Camberskank" and "I live in Camberwell" which are on The Singles: Special Edition album (2005). Florence Welch from British indie-rock band Florence and
561-582: Is a remnant. This early parish included the neighbouring hamlets of Peckham , Dulwich , Nunhead , and part of Herne Hill (the rest of Herne Hill was in the parish of Lambeth ). Until 1889, it was part of the county of Surrey . In 1900 the original parish became the Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell . In 1965, most of the Borough of Camberwell was merged into the London Borough of Southwark . To
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#1732937539672612-464: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Christopher Webb Smith Christopher Webb Smith (30 May 1793 Camberwell - 18 January 1871 Florence ), was an English-born bird painter and public official. After joining the East India Company he was sent to India in 1811, where he remained in various administrative posts until 1842 and
663-420: Is evidence of a black community residing in Camberwell, made up mostly of enslaved people from Africa and North America during the 18th and 19th centuries. Some of these people fled their slavery in an attempt to create a new life for themselves in the streets of London. While very little is known about most of the escapees, some insight can be gained into the life of sailor James Williams, an enslaved man from
714-597: Is home to one of London's largest teaching hospitals, King's College Hospital with associated medical school the Guy's King's and St Thomas' (GKT) School of Medicine. The Maudsley Hospital , an internationally significant psychiatric hospital, is located in Camberwell along with the Institute of Psychiatry . Early music halls in Camberwell were in the back hall of public houses . One, the "Father Redcap" (1853) still stands by Camberwell Green , but internally, much altered. In 1896,
765-503: Is now based in the area. Wilson's School was founded in 1615 in Camberwell by royal charter by Edward Wilson, vicar of the Parish of Camberwell. The charter was granted by James I . The school moved to its current site in Croydon in 1975. A school for girls, Mary Datchelor Girls' School , was established in Camberwell in 1877. It was built on two houses at 15 and 17 Grove Lane, the location of
816-565: Is now known as St Gabriel's Manor. The core of the later-to-be YBAs, graduated from the Goldsmiths BA Fine Art degree course in the classes of 1987–90. Liam Gillick , Fiona Rae , Steve Park and Sarah Lucas , were graduates in the class of 1987. Ian Davenport , Michael Landy , Gary Hume , Anya Gallaccio , Henry Bond and Angela Bulloch , were graduates in the class of 1988; Damien Hirst , Angus Fairhurst , Mat Collishaw , Simon Patterson , and Abigail Lane , were graduates from
867-655: Is on the Thameslink route between St Albans City and Sutton . This provides Camberwell with a direct link southbound to Herne Hill , Streatham , Tooting , Wimbledon , Mitcham , and Sutton, amongst other destinations in South London . Northbound services run through the City of London and St Pancras . Destinations north of St Pancras include Kentish Town and West Hampstead . A limited Southeastern service between Blackfriars and Kent runs through Loughborough Junction. Camberwell
918-622: Is remembered as a “gentleman naturalist” who specialised in ornithology and illustration. He was one of the first to codify the birds of India. Smith was born in 1793 at Camberwell, near London, England. He was the son of Captain Donald McKenzie and Anne McLeod (1771-1840), the daughter of John McLeod 91745 -1786), laird of Rasaay in Scotland. Married Annie Jessie MacKenzie (1806- 1862), the daughter of Captain Donald MacKenzie of Hartfields and
969-560: Is served by numerous London Bus routes. Residents of the area have included children's author Enid Mary Blyton , who was born at 354 Lordship Lane, East Dulwich, on 11 August 1897 (though shortly afterwards the family moved to Beckenham), and the former leader of the TGWU , Jack Jones , who lived on the Ruskin House Park estate. Karl Marx initially settled with his family in Camberwell when they moved to London in 1849. Others include
1020-523: Is set in 1920s Camberwell. In Daniel Defoe 's novel Roxana (1724) the eponymous protagonist imagines her daughter, Susan, "drown'd in the Great Pond at Camberwell". Nearby Peckham Rye was an important in the imaginative and creative development of poet William Blake , who, when he was eight, claimed to have seen the Prophet Ezekiel there under a bush, and he was probably ten years old when he had
1071-553: The Cape of Good Hope from 1837 until 1839 to recover his health. As a result, he and D'Oyly collaborated on a third volume, The Birds, Flowers, and Scenery of the Cape , and finished 56 plates, though the book was never published. From 1849 to 1860 Smith worked on a critique of the 300 paintings in Florence's Pitti Gallery . The entire work was lost with the sinking of the steamer Black Prince off
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#17329375396721122-695: The County of London . In 1900, the area of the Camberwell parish became the Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell . In 1965, the metropolitan borough was abolished and its former area became the southern part of the London Borough of Southwark in Greater London . The western part of the area is situated in the adjacent London Borough of Lambeth . The area has historically been home to many factories, including R. White's Lemonade , which originated in Camberwell, as well as Dualit toasters. Neither of these companies
1173-701: The Crystal Palace area. In 1801, the population was 7,059 and by 1851 this had risen to 54,667. In 1829, it was included in the Metropolitan Police District and in 1855 it was included in the area of responsibility of the Metropolitan Board of Works , with Camberwell Vestry nominating one member to the board. In 1889 the board was replaced by the London County Council and Camberwell was removed administratively from Surrey to form part of
1224-584: The Dan Leno company opened the "Oriental Palace of Varieties", on Denmark Hill. This successful venture was soon replaced with a new theatre, designed by Ernest A.E. Woodrow and with a capacity of 1,553, in 1899, named the "Camberwell Palace". This was further expanded by architect Lewen Sharp in 1908. By 1912, the theatre was showing films as a part of the variety programme and became an ABC cinema in September 1932 – known simply as "The Palace Cinema". It reopened as
1275-519: The Old English Cumberwell or Comberwell, meaning 'Well of the Britons ', referring to remaining Celtic inhabitants of an area dominated by Anglo-Saxons . An alternative theory suggests the name may mean 'Cripple Well', and that the settlement developed as a hamlet where people from the City of London were expelled when they had a contagious disease like leprosy , for treatment by the church and
1326-831: The South East from Denmark Hill. London Overground connects the area directly to Clapham and Battersea in the west, and Canada Water and Dalston east London. Thameslink trains carry passengers to Kentish Town in the north, whilst some peak-time services continue to destinations in Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire , such as Luton Airport . Eastbound Thameslink services travel towards Orpington or Sevenoaks , via Peckham , Catford , and Bromley , amongst other destinations. Southeastern trains eastbound serve destinations in South East London and Kent , including Peckham, Lewisham , Gravesend , and Dover . Loughborough Junction
1377-799: The British School at Rome Christopher William Smith (born 1980), American e-mail spammer Chris Smith (New Jersey politician) , US congressman Fictional characters [ edit ] Peacemaker (character) , superhero from DC Universe, real name Christopher Smith Peacemaker (DC Extended Universe character) , the film adaptation of the character portrayed by John Cena A character in The Spoils of Babylon and The Spoils Before Dying See also [ edit ] Chris Smith (disambiguation) Christian Smith (disambiguation) Christine Smith (disambiguation) Christina Smith (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
1428-534: The Camberwell beauty used to adorn the Samuel Jones paper factory on Southampton Way. The paper factory has since been demolished but the mosaic was removed and re-installed on the side of Lynn Boxing Club on Wells Way. Camberwell has several art galleries including Camberwell College of Arts , the South London Gallery and numerous smaller commercial art spaces. There is an annual Camberwell Arts Festival in
1479-500: The Caribbean. Camberwell St Giles is the name given to an ancient, and later civil, parish in the Brixton hundred of Surrey . The parish covered 4,570 acres (1,850 hectares) in 1831 and was divided into the liberty of Peckham to the east and the hamlet of Dulwich to the southwest, as well as Camberwell proper. The parish tapered in the south to form a point in what is now known as
1530-457: The Department of Zoology, Cambridge University Camberwell Camberwell ( / ˈ k æ m b ər w ɛ l / KAM -bər-wel ) is an area of South London , England, in the London Borough of Southwark , 2 + 3 ⁄ 4 miles (4.5 kilometres) southeast of Charing Cross . Camberwell was first a village associated with the church of St Giles and a common of which Goose Green
1581-646: The Machine wrote and recorded a song entitled "South London Forever" on her 2018 album High as Hope based on her experience growing up in Camberwell, naming places such as the Joiners Arms and the Horniman Museum. Camberwell has played host to many festivals over the years, with the long-running Camberwell Arts Festival celebrating 20 years in 2014, and Camberwell Fair taking place on Camberwell Green in 2015, 2017 and 2018, resurrecting an ancient Fair that took place on
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1632-635: The Magistrate at Etawah; 1815 Acting register of Benares City; 1817 Acting judge and magistrate of Shahabad; 1823 Acting judge and magistrate of Patna; 1833 Officiating session judge of Ghazepoor; 1834 Junior Judge of Sudder Board of Revenue. In August, 1824 at the home of Charles D’Oyly in Bankipore, Webb Smith married Annie Jessie Smith. In the same year, he was transferred to Patna. In December of that year. The Webb Smiths received his cousin, Elizabeth Jane D’Oyly and her husband, Sir Charles D’Oyly who were on
1683-612: The charity Save the Children but have now been converted to flats. Camberwell Collegiate School was an independent school located on the eastern side of Camberwell Grove, directly opposite the Grove Chapel. The Collegiate College had some success for a while, and led to the closure for some decades of the Denmark Hill Grammar School. However it had difficulty competing with other nearby schools including Dulwich College, and
1734-528: The cinema was one of the largest suburban cinemas in London and continued to operate until 1973, after which it was used as a bingo hall until February 2010. The building retains its Art Deco style and is Grade II listed. The Church of the Sacred Heart, Camberwell has been listed Grade II on the National Heritage List for England since 2015. Camberwell Town Hall , designed by Culpin and Bowers,
1785-497: The class of 1989; whilst Gillian Wearing , and Sam Taylor-Wood , were graduates from the class of 1990. During the years 1987–90, the teaching staff on the Goldsmiths BA Fine Art included Jon Thompson , Richard Wentworth , Michael Craig-Martin , Ian Jeffrey , Helen Chadwick , Mark Wallinger , Judith Cowan and Glen Baxter . Collishaw has a studio in a pub in Camberwell. as does the sculptor Anish Kapoor . In his memoir Lucky Kunst , artist Gregor Muir , writes: The building
1836-675: The clean, healing waters from the wells. Springs and wells are known to have existed on the southern slope of Denmark Hill , especially around Grove Park. It was already a substantial settlement with a church when mentioned in the Domesday Book , and was the parish church for a large area including Dulwich and Peckham . It was held by Haimo the Sheriff (of Kent). Its Domesday assets were: 6 hides and 1 virgate (i.e. 750 acres or 300 hectares); 1 church, 8 ploughs , 63 acres (25 hectares) of meadow , woodland worth 60 hogs . It rendered £14. Up to
1887-504: The coast of Portugal. He made hundreds of illustrations of birds, primarily of India and also of the Cape of Good Hope. Webb Smith was one of the first to codify Indian birds. Only a small proportion of those images were published in books. • A collection of approximately 295 watercolour paintings of birds now in Balfour and Newton Library, Cambridge. • A collection of 500 + water colour paintings of African and Indian birds and scenes now in
1938-516: The foregrounds and backgrounds. The majority of the illustrations are dated and bear the names of both C W. Smith and C. D’Oyly. From 1827 Smith had been based in Arrah , some 40 miles from Patna , and it is likely that he met Sir Charles D'Oyly there. He became a close friend of D'Oyly, who was related by marriage, and both had served in the Bengal Civil Service . While in India, Smith acquired
1989-454: The former editor of The Guardian Peter Preston . The Guardian columnist Zoe Williams is another resident, whilst Florence Welch of the rock band Florence + the Machine also lives in the area, as do actresses Lorraine Chase and Jenny Agutter . Syd Barrett , one of the founders of Pink Floyd , studied at Camberwell College of Arts from 1964. Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte gave birth to her son, Jérôme Napoléon Bonaparte ,
2040-447: The mid-19th century, Camberwell was visited by Londoners for its rural tranquillity and the reputed healing properties of its mineral springs. Like much of inner South London, Camberwell was transformed by the arrival of the railways in the 1860s. Camberwell Green is now a very small area of common land; it was once a traditional village green on which was held an annual fair, of ancient origin, which rivalled that of Greenwich . There
2091-666: The railways spoiled his view. Ruskin designed part of a stained-glass window in St Giles' Church, Camberwell . Ruskin Park is named after him, and there is also a John Ruskin Street. Another famous writer who lived in the area was the poet Robert Browning , who was born in nearby Walworth , and lived there until he was 28. Novelist George Gissing , in the summer of 1893, took lodgings at 76 Burton Road, Brixton. From Burton Road he went for long walks through nearby Camberwell, soaking up impressions of
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2142-682: The same green from 1279 to 1855.{ Since 2013, there is also an annual 10-day film festival – Camberwell Free Film Festival (CFFF) which is usually held in March/April in addition to special one-off screenings at other times of the year. Until the First World War, Camberwell was served by three railway stations – Denmark Hill, Camberwell Gate (near Walworth ), and Camberwell New Road in the west. Camberwell Gate and Camberwell New Road were closed in 1916 'temporarily' because of war shortages, but were never reopened. London Underground has planned
2193-411: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christopher_Smith&oldid=1260005036 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
2244-622: The summer. The Blue Elephant Theatre on Bethwin Road is the only theatre venue in Camberwell. A group now known as the YBAs (the Young British Artists) began in Camberwell – in the Millard building of Goldsmiths' College on Cormont Road. A former training college for women teachers, the Millard was the home of Goldsmiths Fine Art and Textiles department until 1988. It was converted to flats in 1996 and
2295-633: The way of life he saw emerging there." This led him to writing In the Year of Jubilee , the story of "the romantic and sexual initiation of a suburban heroine, Nancy Lord." Gissing originally called his novel Miss Lord of Camberwell . Muriel Spark , the author of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and The Ballad of Peckham Rye lived, between 1955 and 1965, in a bedsit at 13 Baldwin Crescent, Camberwell. The novelist Mary Jane Staples, who grew up in Walworth , wrote
2346-425: The west, part of both West Dulwich and Herne Hill come under the London Borough of Lambeth . The place now known as Camberwell covers a much smaller area than the ancient parish, and it is bound on the north by Walworth ; on the south by East Dulwich and Herne Hill ; to the west by Kennington ; and on the east by Peckham . Camberwell appears in the Domesday Book as Cambrewelle . The name may derive from
2397-458: Was a talented naturalist and a fine artist. Smith passed through the training college of the East India Company at Haileybury and Imperial Service College in 1807 and started his service in India in 1811. There he continued his education at Fort William College in Calcutta , graduating with distinction. He soon rose through the ranks, holding a variety of positions, including: 1814 Assistant to
2448-601: Was also the hospital where Vera Brittain served as a nurse and described in her memoir Testament of Youth . Thomas Hood , humorist and author of " The Song of the Shirt ", lived in Camberwell from 1840 for two years; initially at 8, South Place, (now 181, Camberwell New Road). He later moved to 2, Union Row (now 266, High Street). He wrote to friends praising the clean air. In late 1841, he moved to St John's Wood . The Victorian art critic and watercolourist John Ruskin lived at 163 Denmark Hill from 1847, but moved out in 1872 as
2499-413: Was closed in 1867.The land was sold for building. Camberwell today is a mixture of relatively well preserved Georgian and 20th-century housing, including a number of tower blocks . Camberwell Grove , Grove Lane and Addington Square have some of London's most elegant and well-preserved Georgian houses. The Salvation Army's William Booth Memorial Training College, designed by Giles Gilbert Scott ,
2550-464: Was completed in 1932: it towers over South London from Denmark Hill . It has a similar monumental impressiveness to Gilbert Scott's other local buildings, Battersea Power Station and the Tate Modern , although its simplicity is partly the result of repeated budget cuts during its construction: much more detail, including carved Gothic stonework surrounding the windows, was originally planned. Camberwell
2601-462: Was completed in 1934. On 3 July 2009 a major fire swept through Lakanal House , a twelve-storey tower block. Six people were killed and at least 20 people were injured. The Camberwell beauty (also Camberwell Beauty) is a butterfly ( Nymphalis antiopa ) which is rarely found in the UK – it is so named because two examples were first identified on Coldharbour Lane , Camberwell in 1748. A large mosaic of
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