Person    | Male  Born 26/2/1789  Died 18/6/1861

Eaton Hodgkinson

Categories: Education, Engineering

Eaton Hodgkinson

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".

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Eaton Hodgkinson

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Skempton Building plaques

2018: Eamonn Doyle has written to correct our "east to west", saying that the...

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Stanley Hall & Baths

Stanley Hall & Baths

From the splendid Acland Burgley School history site we learn that the Honourable E. Lyulph Stanley (1839-1925 and son of Lady Stanley) was an energetic member of the London School Board with speci...

Building, Community / Clubs, Education, Sport / Games

1 memorial
John Eames, FRS

John Eames, FRS

Trained as a minister but worked as a tutor.  Elected Fellow of the Royal Society through his friendship with Isaac Newton. Unmarried. Died in Coleman Street. Buried in Bunhill burial ground.

Person, Education

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St Aloysius' College
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Henrietta Franklin

Henrietta Franklin

Education reformer and leader of Jewish League for Woman Suffrage. She championed the Parents' National Educational Union and the ideas of Charlotte Mason. Born as Henrietta Montagu in London into...

Person, Education, Gender Issues

1 memorial
Rachel McMillan

Rachel McMillan

Health visitor and educator. Born at Throggs Neck, Westchester county, New York. Both her parents were from Scotland, and the family returned there when her father died. She and her sister Margaret...

Person, Education, Social Welfare, USA

1 memorial