1857

Sir George Cayley

Categories: Aviation, Science

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Scientist and pioneer of aviation. Born Scarborough.

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Sir George Cayley

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George Cayley

George Cayley, engineer & inventor, established on this site The Royal Po...

Sir George Cayley

London County Council Sir George Cayley, 1773 - 1857, scientist and pioneer ...

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Passenger killed in the Handley Page V/1500 air-crash. Walter Henry Hathaway was born on 16 November 1884 in Alderminster, Worcestershire (now Warwickshire), the fifth of the six children of John ...

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Event, Armed Forces, Aviation

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Czechoslovak Air Force Association

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Group, Armed Forces, Aviation, Community / Clubs, Czechoslovakia

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Hilda Hewlett

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Person, Aviation, Industry, New Zealand

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M. Auguste Eugine Gaudron

Hot air balloon manufacturer. Pilot of the first British public airmail flight in 1902. He once crossed the North Sea to Sweden in a balloon called “Mammoth” and he was the first balloonist to be i...

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From Walking Through London's History: "... included Dr Burnhart Gloss, originally from Australia, and now a resident working as a professional clown."

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Tallulah Bankhead

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Person, Cinema, Theatre, USA

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Henry Williamson

SE4, Eastern Road, 21

Henry Williamson, writer, 1895 - 1977, lived here, (1902 - 1920), presented by the Henry Williamson Society. Borough of Lewisham

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Elizabeth Taylor

NW11, Wildwood Road, 8

We are grateful to David Lewis, Chairman of the Hampstead Garden Suburb Residents Association for bringing this plaque to our attention. ...

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James Hall (writer)

Writer and journalist. James Hall started the campaign to commemorate the first recording studio after he chanced upon it while researching his novel, The Industry Of Human Happiness, set in the ea...

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