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Nature

Scientific Journal published by Macmillan's. Created by Norman Lockyer to 'provide cultivated readers with an accessible forum for reading about advances in scientific knowledge' The journal's name was taken from a line by Wordsworth 'To the solid ground of nature trusts the mind that builds for aye'.

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Nature

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Sir Norman Lockyer

English Heritage Sir Norman Lockyer, 1836-1920, Astronomer, Physicist, and Fo...

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Chris Brasher

Chris Brasher

Athlete and journalist. Born Christopher William Brasher in Georgetown, Guyana. He was one of the pacemakers for Roger Bannister when he broke the four-minute mile barrier in 1954. He pioneered the...

Person, Journalism / Publishing, Sport / Games, South America

1 memorial
Francis Hueffer

Francis Hueffer

Born Münster, Germany. Music critic. He studied philology and music in Leipzig, Berlin, Paris and London. He moved to London in 1869 and worked as music critic for The Times. He was naturalized in ...

Person, Journalism / Publishing, Music / songs, Germany

1 memorial
William Tegetmeier

William Tegetmeier

Naturalist and journalist. Born William Bernhardt Tegetmeier at High Street, Colnbrook Buckinghamshire. A founding member of the Savage Club, and a writer and journalist. He befriended Charles Darw...

Person, Journalism / Publishing, Science

1 memorial
Reverend Canon John Erskine Clarke

Reverend Canon John Erskine Clarke

Clergyman. He issued the first parish magazine and established several other religious publications. Responsible for founding churches, schools and hospitals in Battersea. Born in India to an offi...

Person, Journalism / Publishing, Religion, India, Scotland

1 memorial
Henry Brooks Adams

Henry Brooks Adams

Apart from the fact that he won a Pulitzer for "Education of Henry Adams," 1919, all that the web can supply for him is quotations. You might have better luck. We published this plaque in 2009 and...

Person, Education, History, Journalism / Publishing, USA

1 memorial

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Spock

Spock

From Fandom:  Spock – full name generally considered unpronounceable by Humans – was a male Human/Vulcan hybrid who became one of the most distinguished and respected figures in the United Federat...

Fiction, Cinema, Seriously Famous, TV & Radio

1 memorial
Ken Colyer

Ken Colyer

Cornetist and trumpeter. Born in Great Yarmouth. When he was in the merchant navy, he jumped ship in Mobile, Alabama and travelled to New Orleans where he joined the George Lewis band. He was event...

Person, Music / songs, France, USA

1 memorial
SHAEF, Supreme Headquarters of the Allied Expeditionary Forces, WW2

SHAEF, Supreme Headquarters of the Allied Expeditionary Forces, WW2

Much of the planning for D-Day was carried out at Norfolk House. Eisenhower arrived there in January 1944 to take on the role of Supreme Allied Commander.  c.April 1944 SHAEF moved out to Camp Grif...

Group, Armed Forces

5 memorials
Josiah Wedgwood

Josiah Wedgwood

W1, Wedgwood Mews

Charming plaque, in the Wedgwood blue pottery style.

1 subject commemorated
St Peters Church

St Peters Church

EC1, Clerkenwell Road, St Peter's Church

We visited this site on a sunny Sunday morning - a short bike ride in reality but more like hundreds of miles to a quiet Italian town: th...

2 subjects commemorated