Chemist, alchemist, astronomer, astrologer, engineer, geographer, philosopher, physicist, and pharmacist and physician. The first practical alchemist.
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Geber / Abu Musa Jabir ibn Hayyan
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Dmitri Mendeleev
Born Siberia. Earlier versions existed but in 1869 he published the first widely recognized periodic table of elements.
Sir William Reid
A member of the Executive Committee for the Great Exhibition 1851.Born Kinglassie, Fifeshire. Soldier, Fellow of the Royal Society (of Science) and Governor of Bermuda, Barbados & Malta.
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George Hornidge Porter, Lord Porter of Luddenham
Born Yorkshire. 1967 Nobel Laureate for his work on photosynthesis relating to the potential use of hydrogen to supply energy.
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St Mary’s, Haggerston
E2, Thurtle Road
The list on Hackney's plaques page includes this plaque, describing its location as "Playground between Queensbridge Road and Thurtle Roa...
Percy Dearmer
W2, Sussex Gardens, 107, Corner Lodge
Hyde Park Estate Percy Dearmer, 1867 - 1936, priest and liturgist, Canon of Westminster Abbey, author of the Parson’s Handbook and the O...
King's Bench Prison
Established in medieval times as a place to hold prisoners of the King's Bench court, primarily debtors. It was originally sited in Angel Place, off Borough High Street, just north of what is now J...
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