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James Ferguson

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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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Marquis Pierre Simon de La Place

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...

Person, Science, France

1 memorial
William Curtis

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...

Person, 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
Dr Richard Price

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...

Person, Philosophy, Religion, Science, Wales

1 memorial
National Physical Laboratory

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...

Group, Science

3 memorials

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John Conder, DD

John Conder, DD

Non-conformist minister.  Born in Cambridgeshire.  Died Hackney.  Buried in Bunhill burial ground.  

Person, Religion

1 memorial