Professor of natural philosophy to the Royal Institution.
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Thomas Young
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St George's Hospital - 2
St George’s Hospital was established on this site in 1733 in a country home b...
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Marie Stopes
Born in Edinburgh. Scientist, writer, dramatist and poet. Publicist of the campaign for sexual education. Advocate of family planning and founder of pioneer birth control clinic. Courageous crusade...
5 memorials
Lord Kelvin
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.
5 memorials
William Farr
Epidemiologist, a founder of medical statistics. Born Kenley, Shropshire.
1 memorial
Dr Alphonse Normandy
Full name: Dr Alphonse Rene Le Mire de Normandy. Born Rouen, France. He completed a medical course but then devoted himself to chemistry. Came to England in the late 1830s/early 1840s, initially li...
1 memorial
Sir Edward Appleton
Born Bradford. Physicist. Professor at King's College London. Nobel Laureate Ionospheric radio, 1924. Died Edinburgh.
1 memorial
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