Amateur astronomer. One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition, 1951.
Born York.
Amateur astronomer. One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition, 1951.
Born York.
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Earl of Rosse, William Parsons
Designed by Joseph Durham with modifications by Sydney Smirke. Inaugurated by...
2014: Via Facebook Martin Evans suggests this man for the name panel at IC. He was the first Professor of Metallurgy at the School of Mines so we agree, he must be our man. Born Nottingham. Trai...
Epidemiologist, a founder of medical statistics. Born Kenley, Shropshire.
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Formed as a merger of the Chemical Society, the Royal Institute of Chemistry, the Faraday Society and the Society for Analytical Chemistry. It carries out research, publishes journals, books and da...
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