Formed as a merger of the Chemical Society, the Royal Institute of Chemistry, the Faraday Society and the Society for Analytical Chemistry. It carries out research, publishes journals, books and databases as wellas hosting conferences, seminars and workshops. It is the professional body for chemistry in the U.K.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Royal Socity of Chemistry
Near this site Rosalind Franklin, Maurice Wilkins, Raymond Gosling, Alexander...
J.A.R. Newlands, 1837 - 1898, chemist and discoverer of the periodic law for ...
Professor The Lord Porter of Luddenham OM PRS (1920 - 2002). 1985 - 2002 Chai...
Royal Society of Chemistry National Historic Chemical Landmark Former site ...
RSC advancing the chemical sciences, national chemical landmark, Sir Derek Ba...
Founder of The Finchley Society. Andrew Behan found their website very informative: Jean Leslie Scott, The Finchley Society’s founder, was born on 21 March 1921 and lived in Finchley since her ch...
Person, Community / Clubs, Politics & Administration, Science
Born at Barnwood Manor House, Barnwood, near Gloucester. Knighted 30 Jan. 1868. Died Paris. Inventor of things such as the English concertina and the stereoscope but best known for the Wheatstone b...
Prominent botanist and mycologist (fungi). Leader of the first women's army corps. Dame Helen Charlotte Isabella Gwynne-Vaughan, GBE During WW1 she served in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and...
The International Desalination Association (IDA) is the world’s leading resource for information and professional development for the global desalination industry – and the only global association ...
Inorganic chemist. Born at 506 Halifax Road, Springside, near Todmorden, Yorkshire. Died at 14 Passmore Street, London.
We wonder what the various shapes on the plaque represent? Nappy wipes and other unmentionables that get flushed down the loo, and should...
The first public railway in England, probably the first in the world. A transport system from London to Portsmouth was needed, either a canal or a tramway. The engineer William Jessop, recommende...
Sculptor. Born Brixton. Studied in Berlin. Died at King's College Hospital. We know of only two works displayed in the open in London: the two memorials listed here: Victoria and the Temple Bar...
Spies, basically (but see below), working for the UK in WW2. Formed by Churchill and variously known as "Churchill's Secret Army", "The Baker Street Irregulars", the Pythonesque "Ministry of Ungent...
The plaque has mis-named the painting; it's actually 'Hampstead Heath, with the House Called ‘The Salt Box’'. The 1999 book 'Discovering...
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