Royal apothecary
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
John Allen
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Sir Charles Wheatstone
Born at Barnwood Manor House, Barnwood, near Gloucester. Knighted 30 Jan. 1868. Died Paris. Inventor of things such as the English concertina and the stereoscope but best known for the Wheatstone b...
Chambers Nicholson
Chemist and dye manufacturer. We found this man in Grace's Guide: Born in Lincoln as Edward Chambers Nicholson. 1845 became one of the first students at the Royal College of Chemistry. 1853 he form...
Hipparchus
Astronomer, geographer, and mathematician. 190 BC – c. 120 BC. Founder of trigonometry. Possibly invented the armillary sphere, which we've discovered is occasionally used as a memorial, e.g. ...
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Lambeth Chapel
2017 the church was planning to redevelop the site and their Public Consultation document gives the history of the site with some interesting images and maps. The maps there suggest that the footpr...
Bankers Clearing House - 2
EC4, Lombard Street, Post Office Court
The VR monogram must refer to the monarch at the time the Bankers Clearing House was first on this site in 1833, Victoria.
Major Cyril Martin, GC
Soldier. Born Cyril Arthur Joseph Martin in Derby. He served with the Royal Garrison Artillery and then with the Corps of Royal Engineers Bomb Disposal Squad. In Battersea on 17/18th January 1943,...
Robert Hanbury, MP
Robert William Hanbury. Conservative politician. President of the Board of Agriculture 1900-3. Married twice but produced no children. See our Hanbury fountain page for information on his Wimbledon...
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