1854 - 1931
This library is dedicated to Sir Charles Parsons, scientist and engineer who in the XIX century invented and perfected the compound steam turbine.
The memory of the great is enshrined in books.
WC1, Guilford Street, London House
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Parsons Library
Scientist and engineer. Designed marine turbines. Born 13 Connaught Place, H...
We believe the parish referenced here is the one associated with St James's church in Piccadilly. In our photograph, just one resident ha...
J.A.R. Newlands, 1837 - 1898, chemist and discoverer of the periodic law for the chemical elements, was born and raised here. Royal Socie...
July 2015 The Mirror reported that 4 of these plaques (Benny Hill, Tommy Cooper, Sid James and Irene Handl) were stolen just prior to the...
Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson, 1840-1922, founded the Doves Bindery and Doves Press in this house and later lived and died here. Greater ...
The (working) clock is at the centre of the decorative panel that you can see in the photo, above the columns flanking the entrance. The ...
