Sir William Henry Perkin, FRS, discovered the first aniline dyestuff, March 1856, while working in his home laboratory on this site and went on to found science-based industry. 1838 - 1907.
Stepney Historical Trust
E1, Cable Street
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Sir William Perkin
Chemist. Born King David's Lane, Shadwell. While a student at the Royal Col...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Sir William Perkin
Not the style but the high quality of this plaque reminds us of the one on Lorne House, unveiled by the Princess of Wales the following y...
The wooden cross atop the building supports a neon cross, wired to an electrical box so rusty that we doubt it still lights the way for N...
Charlie Chaplin, 1889 - 1978, lived here. Vauxhall Society
Trinity Chapel This stone was laid by Sir Francis Lycett J.P. April 20th 1871. The first chapel commenced by the aid of a fund to promo...
The memorial is a bench, and is one of ten new ones in the City of London. They are the result of a 2018 design competition organised by ...
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