Mathematician. Born Merchiston Castle, Edinburgh, his family home. 7th Laird of Merchiston (though Wikipedia says 8th). Inventor of logarithms. Died Edinburgh.
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John Napier
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Reginald Ruggles Gates
Husband to Marie Stopes, botanist and geneticist. Born Nova Scotia, Canada. His marriage to Marie Stopes was a very public failure. Co-authored a book entitled "The Inheritance of Hairy Ear Ri...
1 memorial
Ada Countess of Lovelace
Mathematician and computer pioneer. Born 13 Piccadilly Terrace, daughter of Lord Byron. Brought up by her mother and directed towards science rather than the arts, in fear that otherwise she might ...
1 memorial
William Shipley
Drawing master, social reformer and inventor. Wikipedia's page differs significantly from the Oxford Dictionary of National Bigraphy. They agree that he was born in Kent and trained as a painter. H...
1 memorial
Astronomical Society
From the picture source website: "... conceived on 12 January 1820 when 14 gentlemen sat down to dinner at the Freemason's Tavern, in Lincoln's Inn Fields .... the new Society was born on 10 March ...
1 memorial
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Westminster Bridge terrorist attack
SW1, Westminster Bridge
Westminster Bridge is owned by Transport for London so they probably created the plaque.
5 subjects commemorated
House sparrow pavement plaque
NW1, Cardington Street, St James Gardens
A smaller stone in the lower right corner seems to be part of the overall design and has some markings on it but we could make nothing of...
London Wall Walk - 7 - Bevis Marks
EC3, Bevis Marks
No visible bit of the Wall that we could see. On our London Wall page is a link to a site that has photos of more of these nice blue-bord...
1 subject commemorated
Caxton Hall - head 8 - unidentified
SW1, Caxton Street, 10, Caxton Hall
The foundation stone is low down at the right hand side of the building. Above each of the two statues is a bust, both of the Greek god v...
Dunkirk at Teddington Lock
TW11, Teddington Lock
We've read (Telegraph and This is Local London) that on 9 May 2010 this "worn out stainless steel" plaque was replaced with a black grani...
3 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
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