Concept    From 1880 

Venn diagram

Categories: Science

Invented by Dr John Venn. We think the attached picture does an excellent job of both illustrating all you need to know about how Venn diagrams work and also of succinctly answering that knotty question of what exactly is the difference between the British Isles, the UK, etc.

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Venn diagram

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Rev and Dr Venn

Venn Street, SW4 The Reverend John Venn (1759 - 1813), after whom this street...

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Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison

Politician and writer. Born Milston, Wiltshire.

Person, Politics & Administration, Science

1 memorial
Imperial Institute

Imperial Institute

Established in 1887 to promote research that would benefit the British Empire. From 1893 it was housed in a building in Exhibition Road, designed by T. E. Collcutt. This was demolished in the 1950s...

Building, Education, Science

2 memorials
Sir Andrew Ramsay

Sir Andrew Ramsay

Born Glasgow. Geologist. In 1851 first Chair of Geology at the School of Mines (later Imperial College). Specialised in the geology of Arran and Wales. Died at home in Anglesey. Sir William Rams...

Person, Science, Scotland

1 memorial
Dr Edmond Halley

Dr Edmond Halley

Astronomer. born Haggerston, London. Correctly predicted the return of a comet in 1758 but died before the date. Invented the diving bell. Died Greenwich.

Person, Science

2 memorials
Alfred Nobel

Alfred Nobel

Chemist, engineer, innovator, and armaments manufacturer.  Invented dynamite, first demonstrating it in 1867 in a quarry in Redhill, Surrey.  An inadvertently premature obituary, "The merchant of d...

Person, Peace, Science, Seriously Famous, Sweden

1 memorial