Plaque

Sir Frederick Hopkins

Erection date: 2013

Inscription

Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins 1861 - 1947 biochemist Nobel Prize winner 1929, lived in this house 1878 - 1898.
London Borough of Enfield

Site: Sir Frederick Hopkins (1 memorial)

EN2, The Ridgeway, 50a

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Biochemist. Born Frederick Gowland Hopkins at 16 Marine Parade, Eastbourne. H...

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