Charles Close Society gives the history of OS Maps.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Ordnance Survey
Commemorated ati
General Roy's cannon - south
The cannon was installed in 1791 by Mudge. The plaque came later in 1926. Fr...
Major-General William Roy
Greater London Council Major-General William Roy, 1726 - 1790, founder of th...
Other Subjects
Alexander Parkes
Born Birmingham. Initially worked on improved methods of electroplating. 1856 patented Parkesine, a celluloid recognised as the first man-made plastic (chewing gum, shellac and natural rubber are a...
1 memorial
2 memorials
Earl of Rosse, William Parsons
Amateur astronomer. One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition, 1951.Born York.
1 memorial
Royal Astronomical Society
Formed as the Astronomical Society on 10 March 1820 with Sir William Herschel as the titular first President. The Royal Astronomical Society is a learned society and charity that encourages and p...
1 memorial
Jeremiah Horrocks
Astronomer. He was the first person to demonstrate that the Moon moved around the Earth in an elliptical orbit; and he was the only person to predict the transit of Venus of 1639, an event which he...
1 memorial
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