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Ambrose Godfrey Ambrose Godfrey

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Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk

Plaque: Ambrose Godfrey

Inscription

Ambrose Godfrey, 1660 - 1741, chemist and inventor of the fire extinguisher, who lived in a house and worked at a laboratory and pharmacy on this site between 1706 and 1741.
City of Westminster

Site: Ambrose Godfrey (1 memorial)

WC2, Southampton Street, 31

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Ambrose Godfrey

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Ambrose Godfrey

Apothecary. Born in Köthen (Anhalt). Also known as Ambrose Godfrey-Hanckwitz ...

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Ambrose Godfrey

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Westminster City Council

Created in 1965 from the former area of the Metropolitan Boroughs of St Maryl...

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