Professor of natural philosophy to the Royal Institution.
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Thomas Young
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St George's Hospital - 2
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George Maule
Chemist and dye manufacturer. See Atlas Dyeworks and Nicholson. From Grace's Guide: Born Lancashire. 1861 living in Newington. 1868 retired. 1871 living in Brighton. Died London.
1 memorial
Evangelista Torricelli
Physicist and mathematician, best known for his invention of the barometer.
1 memorial
2 memorials
Colonel Rookes Evelyn Bell Crompton
Electrical engineer. born Yorkshire. Aged 11, enrolled as a naval cadet and arrived in the Crimea just as the war ended. He retired from the army to develop his engineering business interests. ...
1 memorial
Dr Edmond Halley
Astronomer. born Haggerston, London. Correctly predicted the return of a comet in 1758 but died before the date. Invented the diving bell. Died Greenwich.
2 memorials