Person    | Male  Born 26/6/1824  Died 17/12/1907

Lord Kelvin

Categories: Science

Countries: Ireland, Scotland

Mathematical physicist and engineer. Born Belfast. His family moved to Glasgow when he was aged 11. Worked in thermodynamics and on the transatlantic cable. 1st Baron Kelvin. Died Largs Ayrshire.

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Lord Kelvin

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Lord Kelvin - SW1

Lord Kelvin, 1824 - 1907, physicist and inventor, lived here. English Heritage 

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Lord Kelvin

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Michael Faraday - N7 - M.F.

This extremely unusual memorial is a brass plate, only 4 or 5 inches across, ...

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Michael Faraday - N7 - plaque

This plaque was first erected in the Sandemanian Chapel, at the same time, 19...

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Shoreditch Electricity Station

Inaugurated by Lord Kelvin.

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IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

This is a professional association for electronic engineering and electrical engineering (and associated disciplines) with its corporate office in New York City and its operations centre in Piscata...

Group, Community / Clubs, Science, USA

2 memorials
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
1 memorial
Dame Helen Gwynne-Vaughan

Dame Helen Gwynne-Vaughan

Prominent botanist and mycologist (fungi). Leader of the first women's army corps. Dame Helen Charlotte Isabella Gwynne-Vaughan, GBE   During WW1 she served in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and...

Person, Armed Forces, Gender Issues, Science

1 memorial
David Don

David Don

David Don was born on 21 December 1799 at Doo Hillock, Forfar, Angus, Scotland, a son of George Don (1764-1814) and Caroline Clementina Don née Stuart. His father was a curator at the Royal Botanic...

Person, Science, Scotland

1 memorial
Festival of Britain

Festival of Britain

'A tonic for the Nation', The Festival was intended to cheer us all up after WW2, and incidentally to celebrate the centenary of the 1851 Great Exhibition. The symbol for the Festival was designed ...

Event, Art, Cinema, Science, Tourism / Traditions

19 memorials