Christopher Pinchbeck, clock maker, 1670 - 1732.
EC1, St John's Lane, 33, Watchmaker Court
The plaques read left to right chronological by birth date.
This modern building sports a clock (of course) with Roman numeral hours and, on the side, "XXXIII" or 33, the street number.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Pinchbeck at St John's
Clock maker. Invented the alloy of copper and zinc which closely resembles g...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Pinchbeck at St John's
Northern Outfall Sewer, part of London's main drainage system, constructed mid 19th century by Sir Joseph Bazalgette, engineer of the Met...
Unveiled by Griff Rhys Jones, who claims not to actually be Welsh despite his name and having been born there.
Joaquim Nabuco, 1849-1910, eminent Brazilian statesman and diplomat, lived here, 1900-1905.
The phrase "Those that do teach..." is a quote from Shakespeare's Othello, Desdemona, Act 4 Scene 2.
Blogging Woolf quote Woolf's diary: "Wednesday 9 January [1924] At this very moment, or fifteen minutes ago to be precise, I bought the t...
