Saloman van Abbe was born 31 July 1883
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Resident of Thornton and Moyser Roads Streatham . He was the Founder member of The Streatham Art Society and exhibited at the Royal Academy

He was particularly well-known for his illustrations for re-issues of classic children’s novels such as Treasure Island, Little Women, Tom Brown’s Schooldays and the Jennings books

​On This Day 30 July 1938 this picture of Mitcham Lane Baptist Church, Streatham was taken
(Graham Willson)

On This Day 29 July 1962 1890 the statistician Ronald Fisher died

Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher FRS (17 February 1890 – 29 July 1962), who published as R. A. Fisher, was a British statistician and geneticist.

He lived at 56 Kempshott Road, Streatham.

Ronald Fisher FRS, born, was "a genius who almost single-handedly created the foundations for modern statistical science". He also brought together the work of Mendel and Darwin and has been called "the greatest of Darwin’s successors" ( Source Royal Society)

Fisher was born in East Finchley in London, England, into a middle class household; his father, George, was a successful partner in Robinson & Fisher, auctioneers and fine art dealers. He was one of twins with the other being still-born and grew up the youngest with three sisters and one brother. From 1896 until 1904 they lived at Inverforth House in London, where English Heritage installed a blue plaque in 2002, before moving to 56 Kempshott Rd, Streatham. His mother, Kate, died from acute peritonitis when he was 14, and his father lost his business 18 months later.

He married Eileen Guinness, with whom he had two sons and six daughters. His marriage disintegrated during World War II, and his oldest son George, an aviator, was killed in combat. His daughter Joan, who wrote a biography of her father, married the noted statistician George E. P. Box

(Second image © the artist's estate. Photo credit: Gonville & Caius College, University of Cambridge)

e​Walter Hedgcock died 28 July 1932

Resident of 198 Barcombe Ave and Streatham Manor in Leigham Avenue. He was the Musical Director at the Crystal Palac

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Buried at West Norwood Cemetery

On This Day 27 July 1932 Bobbie Irvine was born. With husband Billy Irvine the couple lived in Abbotswood Road and owned the Starlight dance studio which still exists in Streatham

The young Bobbie Barwell was spotted by Bill Irvine, a competitive dancer from a Scottish mining family from Low Craigends in Kilsyth. He brought her to Britain from South Africa and together they dominated the dance scene for the second half of the 20th century, first in competitions and then in teaching and adjudicating from their school at the "world famous" Starlight in Streatham.

Winning 13 world titles between 1960 and 1968, Bobbie transcended the decline of ballroom dancing in Britain

(The Times Obituary)

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Commemorative plaque on Tooting Bec Common