Erection date: 23/6/2010
George Nissel, 1913 - 1982, founder of G. Nissel & Co, first independent UK contact lens laboratory, Siddons Lane, 1946.
City of Westminster
Cantor & Nissel Ltd 2010
NW1, Siddons Lane
This plaque, on the right flank wall of the red brick building, was unveiled on the same day as the Dallos plaque. The building which housed the small engineering workshop no longer exists.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
George Nissel
Born Transylvania, studied engineering. His sister Dorothy married Dallos and...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
George Nissel
Contact lens manufacturers. Founded by David Cantor. Acquired Nissel Limite...
The ancient parish of St Margaret's was divided into St Margaret's and St Joh...
Benjamin Disraeli, Prime Minister in 1868 and 1874 - 1880, worked in this building, 1821 - 1824. The Corporation of the City of London
Professor Sir Edward Victor Appleton King's College London Nobel Laureate Ionospheric radio, 1924
The plaque is located on the site of her first factory which was called the Omnia Works.
Our photo is taken from the east. In the background you can see the inside of the retained arched stone entrance to The Colonnade from G...
A misnomer since there is no connection with Cleopatra at all. In 1500 BC Pharaoh Thothmes erected two red granite obelisks at Heliopolis...
