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
This film shows what looks like a time capsule being buried, and Attlee laying this foundation stone.
His excellency Alfonso Lopez-Pumarejo, 1886 - 1959, ambassador to the court of St James's, twice president of the Republic of Colombia, l...
The Elephant and Castle pub was at the corner of Wick Road and Victoria Park Road.
London County Council William Richard Lethaby, 1857 - 1931, architect and first principal of this school in 1896 - 1911.
Immediately below this plaque is another: 'Civic Trust Award, 1998'.
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