Here from 1868 to 1900 lived George James Symons FRS, pioneer in the scientific study of rainfall, founder of the British Rainfall Organization, twice president of the Royal Meteorological Society. 1838-1900.
NW1, Camden Square, 62
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Symons
Pioneer in the scientific study of rainfall. Born 28 Queen's Row, Pimlico. Fo...
Sir Charles Barry, 1795 - 1860, architect, lived and died here. L.C.C.
The central, rather cottagey, building has both CHT plaques, the terracotta plaque to the left of the entrance and the war damage plaque ...
Smaller than your average plaque, this is probably the bluest one in London.
This garden acquired its name due to its popularity as a lunchtime garden with workers from the nearby General Post Office (long gone). ...
Born in St James's Square (not the public garden, one of the houses, obviously). Crowned in 1760, the first monarch since Queen Anne to be truly British. It was during his rule that many of the Ame...
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea King Henry VIII’s Manor House stood here until 1753 when it was demolished after the death of it...
Body builder and artists' model who posed for a number of statues on display in London. Rothwell was brought to our attention by Broderick D.V. Chow in this Londonist article. This, together with ...
Born Olave Soames in Derbyshire. 1912 met Robert Baden-Powell on a trans-Atlantic ocean liner. They discovered that they shared a birthday, even if they were 32 years apart. This didn’t stop them m...
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