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James Ferguson

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Astronomer

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James Ferguson

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Old Church Garden - burials

The right-most of 3 plaques on the back wall of the garden.

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Sir William Reid

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.

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, Science, Caribbean Islands, Malta, Scotland

1 memorial
Atlas Dyeworks

Atlas Dyeworks

The Simpson, etc. plaque commemorates the Dyeworks which were at Victory Place 1859 - 68. This page refers to that site but also refers to the Hackney Dyeworks to which Atlas expanded. The photo sh...

Building, Industry, Science

2 memorials
Thomas Earnshaw

Thomas Earnshaw

Born Ashton under Lyme, Lancashire. Maker of watches and chronometers. Lived and worked mainly in London and Greenwich. He seems to have been a bitter man with whom it was unpleasant to do business...

Person, Commerce, Craft / Design, Science

1 memorial
Alan Turing

Alan Turing

Mathematician, computer scientist and war-shortener. Born Alan Mathison Turing at Warrington Lodge, Warrington Avenue. He formalized the concepts of 'algorithm' and 'computation' and effectively in...

Person, Science, Seriously Famous

3 memorials
John Desmond Bernal, MA, FRS.

John Desmond Bernal, MA, FRS.

Crystallographer. John Desmond Bernal was born on 10 May 1901 in Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland, the eldest of the five children of Samuel George Bernal (1864-1919) and Elizabeth Bernal née Mil...

Person, Armed Forces, Emergency Services, Science, Ireland

1 memorial

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Francis Sitwell

Francis Sitwell

Publicist and businessman. Born and died London. Nephew to Sir Osbert and Dame Edith. At one time was chairman of the Park Lane Group. Literary executor to Dame Edith. From his Independent obit. he...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Private John Lynn VC

Private John Lynn VC

SE13, Lewisham High Street

The plaque is on the ground near the Lewisham war memorial.

3 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Public Record Office - Queen Elizabeth I

Public Record Office - Queen Elizabeth I

WC2, Chancery Lane, Maughan Library of King's College, ex-PRO

The first buildings to occupy this site were built in 1232 by Henry III.  The building was known as the Domus Conversorum (the House of C...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Connex

Connex

Full name Connex South Eastern. Train operators in the south-east of England, part of a French based company. Its franchise was due to run until 2011, but the Strategic Rail Authority decided to cu...

Group, Transport

2 memorials