Plaque

Dennis Gabor

Erection date: 1/6/2006

Inscription

English Heritage
Dennis gabor, 1900-1979, physicist and inventor of holography, lived here.

Plaque unveiled by Sir Eric Ash, former rector of Imperial College and Gabor's first doctoral student.

Site: Dennis Gabor (1 memorial)

SW7, Queen's Gate, 79

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Dennis Gabor

Subjects commemorated i

Dennis Gabor

Electronics engineer and humanist. Born as Dénes Gábor, in Budapest, Hungary....

Read More

This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Dennis Gabor

Created by i

English Heritage

English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that ma...

Read More

Nearby Memorials

Henry Gray

Henry Gray

SW1, Wilton Street, 8

An interesting early LCC plaque. Brown!

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Moorfields Eye Hospital - foundation stone

Moorfields Eye Hospital - foundation stone

N1, City Road

These two inscriptions are either side of the entrance steps. The patient entrance is now around the corner and this grand entrance seems...

2 subjects commemorated
Boundary markers at Barbican Station

Boundary markers at Barbican Station

EC1, Long Lane

These 3 plaques are parish boundary markers. We have spent some time searching for, and poring over, maps of parish boundaries, expecting...

5 creators
Kingston Spiritualist Church - Foundation Stone 2 - Humphries

Kingston Spiritualist Church - Foundation Stone 2 - Humphries

KT1, Villiers Road, 40

We have numbered the foundation stones from left to right.

1 subject commemorated, 2 creators
Alfred, Lord Tennyson - Twickenham

Alfred, Lord Tennyson - Twickenham

TW1, Montpelier Row, 15

The small blue plaque is to the left of the ground floor window.

1 subject commemorated