Electronics engineer and humanist. Born as Dénes Gábor, in Budapest, Hungary. He worked in Germany for several years, but moved to England when Adolf Hitler came to power. he invented holography in 1947, but this did not flourish until the development of lasers in the 1960s. Died at a nursing home at 7 Knaresborough Place, Kensington.
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Dennis Gabor
Plaque unveiled by Sir Eric Ash, former rector of Imperial College and Gabor'...
Civil engineer and palaeontologist. FRS. Born Suffolk. Proby was his mother's maiden name. 1819 went to India as a commissioned second lieutenant. Apart from a few years his work there was main...
Came into being as a result of the Thames Conservancy Act,1857. Completed the building of Teddington Lock. Lost some of its responsibilities in 1909 to the Port of London Authority and in 1974 the ...
Civil Engineer. Born London, son of the architect Sir Charles Barry. His firm specialised in railways, bridges and docks. Built the Circle Line and, following the death of Horace Jones, Tower Bridg...
Mechanical engineer and businessman. Born Hamburg, where his grandfather, from Birmingham, had established a business. Educated Germany and London. Inventor and motor industry pioneer. Coined the w...
Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.
Not the style, but the high quality of this plaque reminds us of the one in Bessborough Gardens, unveiled by the Prince of Wales the year...
Anarchist and anti-fascist. Killed while rock climbing in France, aged 31. Andrew Behan has kindly provided this research: His full name was Anthony Christopher Frey. He was born in January 1977 i...
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