Professor of engineering. FRS. Born Cheshire. Studied the strength of columns of various materials and pioneered the application of mathematics to structural design. Late in life his mental abilities failed. Died at home in Manchester. His name appears on the web quite often as "Easton" but we're sticking with the ODNB's "Eaton".
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Eaton Hodgkinson
2018: Eamonn Doyle has written to correct our "east to west", saying that the...
Drummer. Born Daniel Joseph Anthony Meehan at the New End Hospital, Hampstead. He was one of the original line-up of Cliff Richard's backing group, The Shadows. He left the group in 1961 and event...
Founded by Elizabeth Jesser Reid as the Ladies College, the first higher education college for women. In 1900 it became part of the University of London and in 1913 moved to larger purpose built p...
Schoolar and theologian. Born Limehouse. Educated at Westminster School. Headmaster of Westminster School 1788-1802. Dean of Westminster 1803-15. Responsible for enclosing what is now Vincent Squar...
The One Tun pub in Perkins Rents was in the infamous area known as the Devil's Acre. Ragged Theology describes how a London missionary reported this pub as being the venue for a 'school' where stre...
This building is commonly known as the Royal Academy (of Arts). The wings of the building are occupied by a number of learned societies, ...
English Heritage Mary Shelley, 1797-1851, author of Frankenstein, lived here, 1846-1851.
MP, Minister in the Blair / Brown governments 1997-2010. Born Marylebone. Her Wikipedia page gives much information about her life and together with her obituary confirms that she died, aged 70 ye...
Photographer. Born David Royston Bailey in Leytonstone. He was contracted to Vogue magazine in 1960 and played a major part in capturing the images of the 'Swinging 60s'. He photographed both the f...