Erection date: 23/6/2010
George Nissel, 1913 - 1982, founder of G. Nissel & Co, first independent UK contact lens laboratory, Siddons Lane, 1946.
City of Westminster
Cantor & Nissel Ltd 2010
NW1, Siddons Lane
This plaque, on the right flank wall of the red brick building, was unveiled on the same day as the Dallos plaque. The building which housed the small engineering workshop no longer exists.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
George Nissel
Born Transylvania, studied engineering. His sister Dorothy married Dallos and...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
George Nissel
Contact lens manufacturers. Founded by David Cantor. Acquired Nissel Limite...
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The Hackney Gazette give the unveiling date as 25th but we believe Boris Johnson unveiled the free-standing plaque on the 23rd, and that ...
Greater London Council William Butterfield, 1814 - 1900, architect, lived here.
Ruy Barbosa, 1849 - 1923, eminent Brazilian statesman and jurist lived here, 1895. Anglo-Brazilian Society
Near this site Rosalind Franklin, Maurice Wilkins, Raymond Gosling, Alexander Stokes and Herbert Wilson performed experiments that led to...
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