Civil and mechanical engineer. Born Essex. 1900 he became the first London University professor of engineering. Died unmarried, at his home, 7 Palace Gate Mansions, 29 Palace Gate.
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William Cawthorne Unwin
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Skempton Building plaques
2018: Eamonn Doyle has written to correct our "east to west", saying that the...
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University College London (UCL)
The first English university established since Oxford and Cambridge and the first not to discriminate on race, class or religion, and the first to accept women on equal terms. Jeremy Bentham was no...
8 memorials
Sir Roderic Maxwell Hill
Air Chief Marshall. Born Hampstead. Fought in both world wars, earning his wings in 1916. On retirement became Rector of the Imperial College of Science and Technology 1948 - 54, Vice-Chancellor...
1 memorial
4 memorials
Edinburgh College of Art
It was originally founded in 1760 and acquired its present name in 1907. Notable alumni include the architects Nicholas Grimshaw and Basil Spence and the playwright John Arden. (D.A. Edin stands fo...
1 memorial
1 memorial
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Infants Hospital - baby 1
SW1, Udall Street
The two be-wreathed babies are on the building on the south-east side of the street, which was the 1914 nurses home; the others on the, p...
Surrey Theatre WW2 bomb
SE1, Blackfriars Road
{Symbols for: LFB, AFS London, AFS Mitcham} In memory of eleven London Auxiliary Firemen, a Sub Officer of the London Fire Brigade and fi...
Civilian war dead | WW2
21 subjects commemorated
21 subjects commemorated
Croydon airport opening
CR0, Purley Way
There are two versions of this plaque, identically worded, attached to either side of the entrance; this one, to the right, photographs b...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
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