Person    | Male  Born 28/10/1893  Died 8/12/1970

Professor Sir Christopher Ingold

Categories: Science

Chemist. One of chief pioneers of physical organic chemistry. Born 142 Windsor Road, Forest Gate. Brought up on the Isle of Wight. Working in the Chemistry department, University College London, during the period 1930 - 1970, pioneered our understanding of the electronic basis of structure, mechanism and reactivity in organic chemistry, which is fundamental to modern-day chemistry.

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Professor Sir Christopher Ingold

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Marie Stopes

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Sir Andrew Ramsay

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1 memorial
George Hornidge Porter, Lord Porter of Luddenham

George Hornidge Porter, Lord Porter of Luddenham

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Henry Doubleday

Henry Doubleday

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EC2, Lakeside Terrace, Defoe House

This plaque is placed as close as possible to the site of the Hall.

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Bob's corner

Bob's corner

NW3, Hampstead High Street, Hampstead Station

Chosen as the featured memorial in May 2005. We know no more about Bob than the plaque provides. This is an example of one type of mem...

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Lt.-Col. John Lees Hall, MRCS, LRCP (FD)

Lt.-Col. John Lees Hall, MRCS, LRCP (FD)

Deputy Commissioner in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District Metropolitan Corps, 1907-1915. Knight Grace in the Order of St John. The BMJ, 1915 Aug 28; 2(2852): 351 carries an obituary: "L...

Person, Armed Forces, Emergency Services, Medicine

1 memorial
The Day of the Triffids

The Day of the Triffids

A novel by John Wyndham. Most of the world's population has been blinded by a freak meteorite shower. Those who remain sighted have to face the added problem of dealing with the triffids which have...

Fiction, Literature

1 memorial
Trees for Westminster

Trees for Westminster

W2, Cumberland Gate

Nice plaque but it, or the tree planted by the Duke, has been moved. All the nearby trees look far too mature to have been planted in 19...

2 subjects commemorated, 2 creators