What is recorded here
The public map records this plaque for Stephen Perse MD. Its recorded inscription reads: Stephen Perse MD / 1548 - 1615 / Fellow of Gonville & Caius, / physician, financier and / philanthropist / Founded by his will upon this site / the Free Grammar School that later / became the Perse Schools
Stephen Perse was a 16th-century physician, financier, and philanthropist who founded the Free Grammar School in Cambridge through his will, which later evolved into the prestigious Perse Schools.
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