First Cremation in Modern Times: ONLINE TALK
Date: 14:30 23rd March 2025
Marking the 140th Anniversary of the First Cremation in Modern Times - a talk by Brian Parsons.
If you cannot come to the event on 23 March, you can watch the talk online.
Brian Parsons is the author of The London Way of Death, Committed to the Cleansing Flame: The Development of Cremation in Nineteenth Century England, The Undertaker at Work: 1900-1950 and, with Hugh Meller, the sixth edition of London Cemeteries: An Illustrated Guide and Gazetteer. His most recent publication is a revision of Peter Jupp’s classic text: From Dust to Ashes. Cremation and the British Way of Death (published by Springer).
The talk will be available to view for 30 days after the event.
Tickets: £5. Free for members, - please book through the members' area
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