Person    | Male  Born 26/6/1824  Died 17/12/1907

Lord Kelvin

Categories: Science

Countries: Ireland, Scotland

Mathematical physicist and engineer. Born Belfast. His family moved to Glasgow when he was aged 11. Worked in thermodynamics and on the transatlantic cable. 1st Baron Kelvin. Died Largs Ayrshire.

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Lord Kelvin

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Lord Kelvin - SW1

Lord Kelvin, 1824 - 1907, physicist and inventor, lived here. English Heritage 

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Michael Faraday - N7 - M.F.

This extremely unusual memorial is a brass plate, only 4 or 5 inches across, ...

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Michael Faraday - N7 - plaque

This plaque was first erected in the Sandemanian Chapel, at the same time, 19...

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Shoreditch Electricity Station

Inaugurated by Lord Kelvin.

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Geological Society of London

Geological Society of London

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Alice Ball

Alice Ball

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1 memorial
Major-General William Roy

Major-General William Roy

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Person, Armed Forces, Engineering, History, Science, Scotland

2 memorials
John Napier

John Napier

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Person, Science, Scotland

1 memorial
Edward Jenner

Edward Jenner

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Person, Medicine, Science

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Jamie Gordon

Jamie Gordon

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Phil Baines

Phil Baines

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Person, Craft / Design

3 memorials
World War 1

World War 1

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402 memorials
Richard Avery

Richard Avery

Founder and President of the People's Gospel Mission in 1886

Person, Benefactor

1 memorial
Walter Hodges

Walter Hodges

Secretary of the People's Gospel Mission.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial