Civil engineer. Born at 50 Ferdinand Strasse, Hamburg. Worked with his father William Lindley on a number of engineering projects, including the Warsaw waterworks and the sewerage system in Prague, which is still in use today. Knighted in 1911, he died at his home, 74 Hazlewell Road, Putney.
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Sir William Heerlein Lindley
William Lindley 1808 - 1900, Sir William Heerlein Lindley 1853 - 1917, civil ...
Civil engineer. Born 27 Stamford Street. In London, worked on Waterloo, Southwark and London Bridges. President of the Institute of Civil Engineers, 1845-8. Died at Bengeo, near Hertford. Easy to...
The first portable automatic machine gun. In the 1888 photograph the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) is firing with Maxim standing behind.
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The lamp standard is one of a pair, the other being at Chelsea Old Church see there for some more information. The metal plaque is laid i...
Founder of philosophical anarchism. Husband of Mary Wollstonecraft, father of Mary Shelley.
Architect. Based in Bristol. He also designed St Jude's in Mildmay and a fountain to celebrate Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee in Charlbury, Oxfordshire.
Sculptor. Gilley was a studio assistant to Frank Dobson 1930-1939. The image is a self-portrait from 1936.
The corridor with the two busts, plaque and glass display area is on the ground floor of the Hunter wing.
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