Born Bradford. Physicist. Professor at King's College London. Nobel Laureate Ionospheric radio, 1924.
Died Edinburgh.
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Sir Edward Appleton
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Edward Appleton
Professor Sir Edward Victor Appleton King's College London Nobel Laureate I...
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Agnes Arber
Botanist and biologist - a leading authority in her field, her research spanning the disciplines of science, history and philosophy. She published many books and scientific papers, in particular 'H...
1 memorial
Sir John Lubbock
Banker, politician and scientific writer. Born at 29 Eaton Place. He went into his father's banking business at the age of 14 and became a partner in 1856. Entered parliament in 1870, and succeeded...
1 memorial
Sir Henry De la Beche
Born Welbeck Street. An unusual childhood: his father changed their name from Beach to create a fictional connection with the medieval Barons De la Beche of Aldworth. Inheriting a slave plantation ...
1 memorial
Galileo Galilei
Physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher. Born Pisa, Italy. His improvements to the telescope enabled him to make new important astronomical observations which supported Copernicus’s...
2 memorials
Nicholas Culpeper
Physician, botanist, herbalist, astrologer and writer. Probably born at Ockley, Surrey. In about 1635 left Cambridge and came to London. This was prompted by the death of his intended. On her way t...
1 memorial
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TW9, Kew Gardens
We have numbered these 17 plaques, anti-clockwise, starting from the plaque for the whole crew which faces the water. Oddly, the last two...
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Robert Adam
Born in Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire, Scotland. Died 13 Albemarle Street and is buried in Westminster Abbey. Robert is the most celebrated of the four Adam brothers, who together designed classical build...
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Herbert Beerbohm Tree
SW7, Rosary Gardens, 31
London County Council Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, 1853-1917, actor-manager lived here.
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