Charles Close Society gives the history of OS Maps.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Ordnance Survey
Commemorated ati
General Roy's cannon - south
The cannon was installed in 1791 by Mudge. The plaque came later in 1926. Fr...
Major-General William Roy
Greater London Council Major-General William Roy, 1726 - 1790, founder of th...
Other Subjects
Sir Roderick Murchison
Born Tarradale, Ross and Cromarty. Had a successful army career and was set to dedicate the rest of his life to fox-hunting, before, with his wife's encouragement, turning to science. Geologist. Wo...
George Hornidge Porter, Lord Porter of Luddenham
Born Yorkshire. 1967 Nobel Laureate for his work on photosynthesis relating to the potential use of hydrogen to supply energy.
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...
Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson
Inorganic chemist. Born at 506 Halifax Road, Springside, near Todmorden, Yorkshire. Died at 14 Passmore Street, London.
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