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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Dr John Venn
Logician and philosopher. Born Hull where his father was vicar of a local parish. Grandson of Rev John Venn. Inventor of the Venn diagram. In 1888 he seems to have tired of logic and turned to ...
1 memorial
Marie Sklodowska-Curie
From LSHTM: "Marie Sklodowska-Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person to win twice, and the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two different sciences: physics and chemistr...
1 memorial
Edward Westermarck
Philosopher and sociologist. Born Helsinki. Learnt English in order to read Darwin and others. Came to England in 1897 and frequently thereafter. Probably homosexual himself, he wrote on subjec...
1 memorial
Sir Norman Lockyer
Astronomer and journal editor, born at Rugby. In 1865 Lockyer and his family moved to a house (no longer extant) near Swiss Cottage. Here, using a special spectroscope to examine the sun, he discov...
1 memorial
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Tarquin and Zelfa Olivier
Tarquin is Laurence Olivier's film producer son by his first wife, Jill Esmond. Born 21 August 1936. Zelfa is Tarquin's wife. The picture shows Tarquin, Attenborough and Plowright at the unveil...
1 memorial
Jellicoe Express
NW1, Euston Station
From Railscot: 19 of these plaques have been installed at: Euston, Crewe, Preston, Carlisle, Hawick [2nd] (apparently now a leisure centr...
4 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
Henry E Goodison
N6, Kenwood Gardens
The decoration on the urn is delightful. Strung between 4 classical style masks are fruit garlands supporting a variety of creatures: s...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
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