Plaque

John Newlands

Inscription

J.A.R. Newlands, 1837 - 1898, chemist and discoverer of the periodic law for the chemical elements, was born and raised here.
Royal Society of Chemistry

Site: John Newlands (1 memorial)

SE11, West Square, 19

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
John Newlands

Subjects commemorated i

John Newlands

Chemist. Born John Alexander Reina at 19 West Square, Southwark. The first pe...

Read More

This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
John Newlands

Created by i

Royal Socity of Chemistry

Formed as a merger of the Chemical Society, the Royal Institute of Chemistry,...

Read More

Nearby Memorials

Wesleyan Schools, Leswin Road - plaque 08

Wesleyan Schools, Leswin Road - plaque 08

N16, Leswin Road, 41

Between the top line and the line with "Morris" there is space for more than just "by" but no letters reveal themselves.

1 subject commemorated
Pebbles the station cat

Pebbles the station cat

EC1, Aldersgate Street, Barbican tube station

We must thank Londonist's Secrets of the Circle Line by Geoff Marshall for pointing this out to us.  The plaque is on the pillar in our p...

1 subject commemorated
Camille Pissarro - Kew

Camille Pissarro - Kew

TW9, Gloucester Road, 10a

Camille Pissarro (1830 - 1903) French impressionist, stayed here in 1892.

1 subject commemorated
Highbury Quadrant Congregational Church - 2 Fleming

Highbury Quadrant Congregational Church - 2 Fleming

N5, Highbury Quadrant

The 7 plaques are on different faces of the frontage of the building. We've numbered them left to right. Plaque 3 can be seen in our phot...

1 subject commemorated
Sir Bernard Spilsbury

Sir Bernard Spilsbury

NW8, Marlborough Hill, 31

Sir Bernard Spilsbury, 1877 - 1947, forensic pathologist, lived here, 1912 - 1940. English Heritage

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator