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
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Sir William Perkin
Chemist. Born King David's Lane, Shadwell. While a student at the Royal Col...
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Sir William Perkin
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A sign below the plaque says 'The George Odger plaque, formerly on 18 St Giles High Street, was placed here in 1974'.
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In 1933 the Duke of Cornwall was Prince Edward, who would later briefly become King Edward VIII.
Although we have not been able to find this plaque we have not marked it as 'lost', believing it to be on some part of the site not avail...
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