1791

Ordnance Survey

Categories: Science

Charles Close Society gives the history of OS Maps.

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Ordnance Survey

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General Roy's cannon - south

The cannon was installed in 1791 by Mudge. The plaque came later in 1926. Fr...

Major-General William Roy

Greater London Council Major-General William Roy, 1726 - 1790, founder of th...

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Other Subjects

Organic chemist. Born Derek Harold Richard Barton at Grenfell Sun Lane, Gravesend, Kent. After his initial studies, he spent a year at Harvard university. For his work on the relationship between c...

Person, Science, France, Scotland, USA

1 memorial

Tiberius Cavallo

Scientist.

Person, Science

1 memorial

Galileo Galilei

Physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher. Born Pisa, Italy. His improvements to the telescope enabled him to make new important astronomical observations which supported Copernicus’s...

Person, Science, Seriously Famous, Italy

2 memorials

Will Hay

Comedian and actor. Born William Thomson Hay at 23 Durham Street, Stockton-on-Tees. His career started in music-halls and concert-parties. He went on to work with Fred Karno, developing his schoolm...

Person, Cinema, Science, Theatre, Australia, New Zealand, USA

1 memorial