Person    | Male  Born 6/9/1892  Died 21/4/1965

Sir Edward Appleton

Categories: Science

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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Royal Institution (of Great Britain)

Royal Institution (of Great Britain)

A group of men started meeting at Gresham College and formed a society to promote experimental knowledge. Achieved the royal charter in 1662. Still in its original premises in Albemarle Street. Mi...

Group, Science

4 memorials
Samuel Morse

Samuel Morse

Samuel Finley Breese Morse was born on 27 April 1791 in Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA. He was an artist who travelled to Italy, Switzerland ,France and England where in 1811 he gained admittance...

Person, Art, Science, France, Italy, Switzerland, USA

1 memorial
Sir Isaac Newton

Sir Isaac Newton

Born in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, on Christmas day, according to the calendar in use at the time.  Died in Kensington (where he had gone in search of country air). The exact dates of birth and dea...

Person, Science, Seriously Famous

11 memorials
Institution of Mechanical Engineers

Institution of Mechanical Engineers

Represents mechanical engineers and the engineering profession. It has over 120,000 members in 140 countries, working across industries such as railway, automotive, aerospace, manufacturing, energy...

Group, Engineering, Science

3 memorials
Sir William Siemens

Sir William Siemens

Born Germany. Electrical engineer, inventor and businessman. Came to England in 1843 with an electro-plating invention. Became naturalised British subject in 1859. Also worked with the regenerativ...

Person, Industry, Science

1 memorial

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Jacques Lipchitz

Jacques Lipchitz

Born as Chaim Jacob Lipchitz Druskieniki, Lithuania. Died on the island of Capri and was buried on Har Hamenuhot, Jerusalem. External website provides a good chronology and pictures of some works .

Person, Art, Sculpture, Israel/Palestine, Italy, Lithuania

2 memorials
Stoker 2nd Class Robert Alfred Delamaine

Stoker 2nd Class Robert Alfred Delamaine

Robert Alfred Delamaine was born in Deptford, London, on 2 January 1916, the sixth of the nine children of John William Delamaine (1879-1951) and Alice Ann Delamaine née Smith (1881-1953). His birt...

Person, Armed Forces, Emergency Services

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Joiners' and Ceilers' Hall

Joiners' and Ceilers' Hall

First recorded in 1375 as the Guild of St. James, Garlickhythe, the Worshipful Company of Joiners and Ceilers was granted a charter by Queen Elizabeth I in 1571.  'Ceilers' work in wood so this is ...

Building, Liveries & Guilds

1 memorial
Aveen Treacy tree

Aveen Treacy tree

N4, Clissold Park

In memory of Aveen Treacy, 1972 - 2007, for her generosity, sense of humour, friendship and courage.

1 subject commemorated
Rotterdam 06.11.1982 Dispuut Lustrum

Rotterdam 06.11.1982 Dispuut Lustrum

The picture probably wasn't taken at this particular event. You really have to go to the memorial page to have this explained.

Event, Community / Clubs, Netherlands

1 memorial