Chemist and physicist. Born Norfolk. Trained and worked as a doctor. 1797 moved to London and in 1801 stopped working and concentrated on his interests, setting up a private laboratory at 14 Buckingham Street. He discovered the elements palladium and rhodium. Fellow of the Royal Society and its president in 1820. The Geological Society's most prestigeous award, first given in 1831 is the Wollaston medal. Died at home, 1 Dorset Street.
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William Hyde Wollaston
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William Wollaston - lost plaque
We 'discovered' this lost plaque while researching Sir Frederick Hopkins. Fr...
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Sir Joseph Hooker
Botanist and explorer. Born Joseph Dalton Hooker, son of Sir William, at Halesworth, Suffolk. He travelled widely around the world, bringing back many species of plants to Britain. Became director ...
1 memorial
Dame Helen Gwynne-Vaughan
Prominent botanist and mycologist (fungi). Leader of the first women's army corps. Dame Helen Charlotte Isabella Gwynne-Vaughan, GBE During WW1 she served in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and...
1 memorial
Sir Francis Beaufort
Admiral and hydrographer (map making for sailors). Developed the Beaufort Scale (for winds) in 1805. Born Co. Meath, Ireland. He kept journals, written in code, and these reveal that, as a widower ...
1 memorial
Sir William Ramsay
Born at 2 Queen's Crescent, Glasgow. he studied in Tübingen and Glasgow. Following the discovery of helium, it occurred to him that there was room in the periodic table for a new eighth group of el...
1 memorial
National Physical Laboratory
The NPL's history page concentrates on their work (e.g. they weighed Concorde, no mean feat) rather than their buildings. NPL began its life housed in the former royal residence, Bushy House, in B...
3 memorials
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World War 2
Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do visit the picture source web site - it has a fascinating collection of maps. And we enjoyed these photos of current WW2 ev...
356 memorials
Richard Carr Kirkpatrick
NW6, Kilbrun Park Road, St Augustine's Church
The listing text gives “Granite stepped pedestal surmounted by granite crucifix with bronze figures of the dead Christ flanked by Keary a...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Anton Bruckner
EC2, Finsbury Square, 39 - 45, City Gate House
Plaque put up by Brunel University but we can't work out their connection with the building, or Bruckner.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Edith Cavell statue
WC2, St Martin's Place
This was the obvious memorial to choose as the first featured memorial for London Remembers, in February 2004. Cavell was executed by the...
War dead | WW1
2 subjects commemorated, 2 creators
2 subjects commemorated, 2 creators
Red Lines
SE1, Tower Bridge Road
We only know about this small plaque, laid in the pavement near the kerb, because we know someone whose business is painting lines on roa...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators