See Londonist's excellent post How Television Was Invented In London. We love it when our friends do the work for us!
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Television
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John Logie Baird and TV demonstration
In 1926 in this house John Logie Baird, 1888 - 1946, first demonstrated telev...
John Logie Baird - IEEE
From The Register: "On the afternoon of 26 January 2017 – exactly 91 years to...
John Logie Baird & Television broadcast
From this site John Logie Baird broadcast the first television programme in G...
Other Subjects
Stephen Hawking
English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge. Between 1979 and 2009, he was the Lucasia...
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
Alexander Parkes
Born Birmingham. Initially worked on improved methods of electroplating. 1856 patented Parkesine, a celluloid recognised as the first man-made plastic (chewing gum, shellac and natural rubber are a...
1 memorial
Marquis Pierre Simon de La Place
Pierre-Simon, Marquis de Laplace, was born on 23 March 1749 in Beaumont-en-Auge, Normandy, France, the fourth of the five children of Pierre Laplace and Marie-Anne Laplace née Sochon. His father wa...
1 memorial
Fred Hoyle
Sir Fred Hoyle FRS was an astronomer who held some controversial views. He coined the term"Big Bang", even though he rejected the theory, preferring the "steady-state model". He also believed that...
1 memorial
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Bankers Clearing House
Cheque & Credit Clearing Company (or, in the form of a booklet) is very helpful: "Daily cheque clearings began around 1770 when the bank clerks met at the Five Bells, a tavern in Lombard Street...
7 memorials
1 memorial
Wells & Campden Charity
Original name was the Wells Charity, named after Chalybeate Well.
1 memorial
Surrey County Cinema
Originally called the Surrey County Theatre, it was renamed as a cinema in 1929, and in 1947, it became the 'Gaumont'. The auditorium has since been demolished, but the entrance and foyer were reta...
1 memorial
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