Sir William Henry Perkin, FRS, discovered the first aniline dyestuff, March 1856, while working in his home laboratory on this site and went on to found science-based industry. 1838 - 1907.
Stepney Historical Trust
E1, Cable Street
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Sir William Perkin
Chemist. Born King David's Lane, Shadwell. While a student at the Royal Col...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Sir William Perkin
Unveiled by William Rees-Mogg in June 2000. Frances's date of birth, 1779 (according to the Dictionary of National Biography), appears in...
Reardon Street was previously Broad Street. Bligh’s house is long gone and the plaque is on what was once the perimeter wall of Western D...
A.D. MMIX This building stands on the site of the former coach-house of Monmouth House, constructed in 1681/2 for James, Duke of Monmouth...
Inside the station are two other plaques which we've transcribed but they are too dull to warrant the full treatment: Dull plaque 1: This...
2019: The Hammersmith and Fulham Historic Buildings Group tell us that this plaque was installed in 2002/3 before they had established th...
