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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Rev and Dr Venn
Venn Street, SW4 The Reverend John Venn (1759 - 1813), after whom this street...
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René Descartes
Philosopher, mathematician, and writer who spent most of his adult life in the Netherlands.
1 memorial
James Maxwell
Developed the electromagnetic theory, unifying previous unrelated results. Born Edinburgh. Professor of Natural Philosophy at King's College London, 1860 - 65. Died Cambridge. Buried near Castle Do...
2 memorials
1 memorial
Carl Linnaeus
Born Stenbrohult, Småland in southern Sweden. Inventor of a system for naming, ranking, and classifying organisms. One of the great collectors of the 18th century. At his death Joseph Banks tried b...
2 memorials
National Physical Laboratory
The NPL's history page concentrates on their work (e.g. they weighed Concorde, no mean feat) rather than their buildings. NPL began its life housed in the former royal residence, Bushy House, in B...
3 memorials
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War dead, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Otto Schiff
WC1, Tavistock Square, Woburn House
Otto Schiff, CBE, 1875 - 1952, founder and director of the Jewish Refugees Committee, which was based here, 1933 - 1939. Erected by The A...
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
L. W. E. Foster
One of the employees of Watney Combe Reid brewers who lost their lives in WW2.
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
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