Atkinson Morley
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Atkinson Morley (1781 - 14 July 1858) was a British hotelier. He was responsible for Morley's Hotel, designed by George Ledwell Taylor and which occupied the entire eastern side of London's Trafalgar Square, from 1832, until it was demolished in 1936 and replaced with South Africa House.
Early life
Atkinson Morley was born in 1781, the son of David Hatton Morley, who owned the British Coffee House, which was rebuilt by Robert Adam in 1770, at 27 Cockspur Street.
Career
In 1822 he owned the British Hotel at 25 Cockspur Street, but sold it to buy the Burlington Hotel at 19-20 Cork Street, before in 1831-31 building Morley's Hotel at 1-3 Trafalgar Square.{{cite book|author1=Terry Gould|author2=David Uttley|title=A History of the Atkinson Morley's Hospital 1869-1995|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yUYb2CtCQ_0C&pg=PA11|accessdate=22 November 2015|date=1 December 2000|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-0-567-63304-0|pages=10–11}}
He was a governor at St George's Hospital, and had been Florence Nightingale's landlord, when she lived in Old Burlington Street.{{cite book|author1=Florence Nightingale|author2=Lynn McDonald|title=Florence Nightingale and Hospital Reform: Collected Works of Florence Nightingale, volume 16|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eXHLAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA304|accessdate=22 November 2015|date=15 December 2012|publisher=Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press|isbn=978-0-88920-471-3|page=304}}
Death
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At his death on 14 July 1858 he was living on Cork Street. He is buried in Highgate Cemetery.{{cite book|author=John Turpin & Derrick Knight|title=The Magnificent Seven: London's First Landscaped Cemeteries|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vHioAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT221|accessdate=22 November 2015|date=30 October 2012|publisher=Amberley Publishing Limited|isbn=978-1-4456-1131-0|page=221}}
Legacy
He left £5000 to University College London for the Atkinson Morley surgical scholarships. His donation of £100,000 to St George's Hospital "for receiving, maintaining, and generally assisting convalescent poor patients", enabled the Atkinson Morley Hospital to be built in 1869.
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Category:Philanthropists from London
Category:Burials at Highgate Cemetery
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