Civil engineer. Born Devon. Worked for Smeaton, first as an apprentice and then as assistant until 1772. Promoted cast iron as a constructional material. Built the Grand Canal in Ireland. Built the Surrey Iron Railway which opened in 1803. Worked on the West India docks in London. Died Derbyshire.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
William Jessop
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Skempton Building plaques
2018: Eamonn Doyle has written to correct our "east to west", saying that the...
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Osborne Reynolds
Professor of engineering. FRS. Born Belfast. Aged 25 he was appointed professor of engineering (one of the first to be appointed to such a post in the UK) in Owens College, Manchester. He remai...
1 memorial
Bertie Wilson
Senior Assistant 2nd Engineer on the RMS Titanic. A full résumé of his life can be found on the Encyclopedia Titanica website. He is also commemorated on the Engineers Memorial, Andrews East Park,...
1 memorial
Dial Square
This arch overlooked Dial Square, named for the sundial in the centre. It is the site of the Royal Gun Factories where gun barrels were bored out. In 1886, the workers here formed a football club -...
1 memorial
Brown Lenox & Co
Created as Brown & Co, by Samuel Brown, a Naval Captain. Became Brown Lenox & Co in 1828 following Brown going into partnership with his cousin, Samuel Lenox in 1806. The West Ferry Road ...
1 memorial
St Pancras Station
From the picture source website: "St Pancras train station was designed by William Barlow in 1863, with construction commencing in 1866. The famous Barlow train shed arch spans 240 feet and is over...
1 memorial
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Moorfields Eye Hospital - foundation stone
N1, City Road
These two inscriptions are either side of the entrance steps. The patient entrance is now around the corner and this grand entrance seems...
2 subjects commemorated
Peter Sellers
N6, Muswell Hill Road, 10
This was the first plaque erected by the Dead Comics Society. From BCS: "A modest profit was made and funds given to St Aloysius' College...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Boris Karloff
Actor. Born as William Henry Pratt at the house with the plaque. His acting career began in the theatre in Canada, where he adopted his stage name. Arriving in Hollywood he appeared in dozens of si...
Person, Cinema, Seriously Famous, Theatre, TV & Radio, Canada, USA
1 memorial
Bentham in Queen Anne's Gate
SW1, Queen Anne's Gate, Ministry of Justice
Jeremy Bentham, philosopher and reformer, 1748 - 1832, lived in a house on this site, 1792 - 1832. City of Westminster University Colleg...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
Johann Strauss, senior
Founder of the Strauss dynasty of Viennese light music composers. He composed 'Radetzky March', amongst others.
1 memorial
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