Plaque

John Newlands

Inscription

J.A.R. Newlands, 1837 - 1898, chemist and discoverer of the periodic law for the chemical elements, was born and raised here.
Royal Society of Chemistry

Site: John Newlands (1 memorial)

SE11, West Square, 19

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John Newlands

Chemist. Born John Alexander Reina at 19 West Square, Southwark. The first pe...

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Royal Socity of Chemistry

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