Royal Society of Chemistry
National Historic Chemical Landmark
Former site of the Royal College of Chemistry (1845 - 1872)
The College was modelled on Liebig's Laboratory at Giessen, Germany by AW Hofmann. Here, Hofmann inspired the young to do great things in chemistry, and relate them to both academic and everyday life.
22 May 2003 RSoC
W1, Oxford Street, 299
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Royal College of Chemistry
August Wilhelm von Hofmann was born on 8 April 1818 in Giessen, Grand Duchy o...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Royal College of Chemistry
Formed as a merger of the Chemical Society, the Royal Institute of Chemistry,...
From the wording and the style, these plaques must have been erected along with the 1877 clock tower. The impetus behind both the constru...
Memorials to murdered young people can be very moving, and extensive. This one used to stretch for more than 7 metres along the side of t...
Greater London Council 'Father' Henry Willis, 1821 - 1901, organ builder, lived here.
Charles Sargeant Jagger 1885 - 1934, sculptor, lived and died here. English Heritage
Vernon Hall Roman Road Formerly Bow Library from 1901 to 1962. Two thirds of the original cost of £6000 was met by Passmore Edwards. Hist...
The central, rather cottagey, building has both CHT plaques, the terracotta plaque to the left of the entrance and the war damage plaque ...
2016: We've replaced our 2012 dull and cold-looking photos with those our colleague, Alan Patient, took on his sunny visit. In the 19th ...
One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition, 1851.
The 1802 stone has clearly been saved from the ruin, and the 1952 plaque modelled on it. Nicely done. The close-up picture was taken fr...
This plaque is on the front of this building, over to the left (out of our picture) in the mirror position of the foundation stone. Newl...
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