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
English Heritage Sir Norman Lockyer, 1836-1920, Astronomer, Physicist, and Fo...
Manufacturers of printing ink for the newspaper industry. Its head office was at Wine Office Court off Fleet Street.
Nurse, journalist, broadcaster, novelist and 'agony aunt'. Born Claire Berenice Chetwynd in London. Her early life was marred by the cruelty of her parents who put her in a psychiatric hospital wh...
Person, Journalism / Publishing, Literature, Medicine, TV & Radio, Canada
Journalist. Born 11 Hampstead Square. His chaotic life, spent mainly in the bar of the Coach and Horses, Greek Street, led to the play 'Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell' by Keith Waterhouse, the title bei...
Co-funder of the Reagan statue in Grosvenor Square. An Australian/American media mogul.
Politician and publisher. Hubert William Culling Carr-Gomm was born on 20 June 1877 in Palamcottah, Madras, India, (now Palayamkottai) and he was also baptised there on 19 August 1877. He was the...
Person, Journalism / Publishing, Politics & Administration, India, Spain
Born Caracas, Venezuela. Died in jail in Cadiz, Spain.
Person, Nationalism, Politics & Administration, Spain, Venezuela
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