Botanist and entomologist. Born Alton, Hampshire. Worked at the Chelsea Physic Garden. Set up a garden at Bermondsey and a larger one, the London Botanic Garden at Lambeth Marsh. His publication 'Flora Londinensis' (6 volumes on the plants growing within a 10 mile radius of London) established his reputation. The picture source shows many of the fine illustrations. He was one of the original fellows of the Linnean Society.
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William Curtis
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Max Nicholson sundial
This sundial has Roman numerals for winter time and Arabic ones for summer ti...
William Curtis
In a house on this site lived William Curtis, botanist, b.1746 - d. 1799. The...
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William Glanville
Engineering research. FRS. Born 75 Kempe Road, Willesden. Carried out research on concrete at first the Building Research Station and then the Road Research Laboratory. During WW2 he was scienti...
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 ...
LEO Computers Society
From the Picture source: "This is the site of the LEO Computers Society celebrating the World's first business computer. Membership of the Society is open to: all ex-employees of LEO Computers and ...
Eduard Suess
Geologist, educationalist, economist, statesman. Expert on the geography of the Alps. Born 4 Duncan Terrace, of German parentage, grew up in Prague and Vienna. Died in Vienna.
Person, Economist, Education, Politics & Administration, Science, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Switzerland
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