Botanist and biologist - a leading authority in her field, her research spanning the disciplines of science, history and philosophy. She published many books and scientific papers, in particular 'Herbals, Their Origin and Evolution'. In 1946 she became only the third woman, and the first female botanist, to be elected to the fellowship of the Royal Society, and in 1948 became the first woman to be awarded the Linnaean Medal.
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Agnes Arber
Agnes Arber, neé Robertson, 1879 - 1960, botanist, lived here 1890 - 1909. En...
Born at Kinnordy House, near Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland. Geologist. A practicing lawyer, deliberately working all over the country so he could study the local geology. His multi-volume "Principles...
Welsh moral philosopher, Nonconformist minister and mathematician. He was also a political reformer and pamphleteer, active in radical, republican, and liberal causes such as the French and America...
Physician, physicist and natural philosopher. Born Colchester. Regarded by some as the father of electrical engineering or electricity and magnetism. Died in London, probably of the bubonic pla...
We have numbered these 17 plaques, anti-clockwise, starting from the plaque for the whole crew which faces the water. Oddly, the last two...
Constable of Baynard's Castle. Led the 25 barons who negotiated with King John to create the Magna Carta. Our image shows his seal.
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