Person    | Male  Born 23/3/1817  Died 19/6/1889

Dr John Percy

Categories: Medicine, Science

2014: Via Facebook Martin Evans suggests this man for the name panel at IC.  He was the first Professor of Metallurgy at the School of Mines so we agree, he must be our man.

Born Nottingham.  Trained in medicine but spent his most of his life studying metallurgy, in particular processes for extracting metals from ores.  On his death his large and important collection of metallurgical specimens was purchased by the South Kensington Museum and is now with the Science Museum.

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Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital

Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital

The wonderful Lost Hospitals of London provides information: The Royal Westminster Infirmary for the Cure of Diseases of the Eye was founded by George James Guthrie (1785-1856). Clinics were initi...

Group, Medicine

1 memorial
Guy's Hospital

Guy's Hospital

Founded by Thomas Guy in concept in 1721 but it was not until 6 January 1725 that the first sixty patients were admitted.  Aim 25 have a good summary of the history.  Guy's and St Thomas' are consi...

Place, Medicine

13 memorials
Sir Stewart Duke-Elder

Sir Stewart Duke-Elder

Ophthalmologist. Born in Pitlochry, Scotland. Wrote a classic manual for eye surgeons, entitled "Textbook of Ophthalmology".

Person, Medicine, Scotland

1 memorial
Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice

Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice

From their website, 2024: "Having secured statutory public inquiries in the UK and Scotland, we are now seeking to secure devolved inquiries in Wales and Northern Ireland. We are campaigning to ens...

Group, History, Medicine, Politics & Administration

1 memorial