J.A.R. Newlands, 1837 - 1898, chemist and discoverer of the periodic law for the chemical elements, was born and raised here.
Royal Society of Chemistry
SE11, West Square, 19
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John Newlands
Chemist. Born John Alexander Reina at 19 West Square, Southwark. The first pe...
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John Newlands
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