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
Formed as a merger of the Chemical Society, the Royal Institute of Chemistry,...
The plaques are just inside the entrance to the museum.
There are two alcoves, placed some distance apart so we have only photoed one. Both of them have both memorials.
The plaque is on the brown wall below the gray canopy. August 2018: this building is threatened with demolition.
Plaque unveiled by Sir Richard Branson and David Bickers (Bader's son-in-law).
In 1899 the Battersea Vestry became the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea.
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