Astronomer
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James Ferguson
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Marquis Pierre Simon de La Place
Pierre-Simon, Marquis de Laplace, was born on 23 March 1749 in Beaumont-en-Auge, Normandy, France, the fourth of the five children of Pierre Laplace and Marie-Anne Laplace née Sochon. His father wa...
1 memorial
William Curtis
Botanist and entomologist. Born Alton, Hampshire. Worked at the Chelsea Physic Garden. Set up a garden at Bermondsey and a larger one, the London Botanic Garden at Lambeth Marsh. His publication 'F...
2 memorials
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...
1 memorial
Dr Richard Price
Welsh moral philosopher, Nonconformist minister and mathematician. He was also a political reformer and pamphleteer, active in radical, republican, and liberal causes such as the French and America...
1 memorial
National Physical Laboratory
The NPL's history page concentrates on their work (e.g. they weighed Concorde, no mean feat) rather than their buildings. NPL began its life housed in the former royal residence, Bushy House, in B...
3 memorials
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John Conder, DD
Non-conformist minister. Born in Cambridgeshire. Died Hackney. Buried in Bunhill burial ground.
1 memorial
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