1854 - 1931
This library is dedicated to Sir Charles Parsons, scientist and engineer who in the XIX century invented and perfected the compound steam turbine.
The memory of the great is enshrined in books.
WC1, Guilford Street, London House
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Parsons Library
Scientist and engineer. Designed marine turbines. Born 13 Connaught Place, H...
Greater London Council Dr. Ernest Jones, 1879 - 1958, pioneer psychoanalyst, lived here.
Erected by Camden London Borough Council Peggy Duff, 1910 - 1981, first General Secretary of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and lo...
The Lumières' friend, Felicien Trewey, a French music hall entertainer already popular in London, brought the Lumière Cinématographe mach...
The wording on the plaque could have been clearer. The first half is giving the history of York (Norwich) House. The second half, from 16...
Friends of Russell Square Newsletter no 1 contains a lovely story about Philip Feril Renault Saillard (1839-1916) who lived in this house...
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