Botanist and entomologist. Born Alton, Hampshire. Worked at the Chelsea Physic Garden. Set up a garden at Bermondsey and a larger one, the London Botanic Garden at Lambeth Marsh. His publication 'Flora Londinensis' (6 volumes on the plants growing within a 10 mile radius of London) established his reputation. The picture source shows many of the fine illustrations. He was one of the original fellows of the Linnean Society.
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William Curtis
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Max Nicholson sundial
This sundial has Roman numerals for winter time and Arabic ones for summer ti...
William Curtis
In a house on this site lived William Curtis, botanist, b.1746 - d. 1799. The...
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Atlas Dyeworks
The Simpson, etc. plaque commemorates the Dyeworks which were at Victory Place 1859 - 68. This page refers to that site but also refers to the Hackney Dyeworks to which Atlas expanded. The photo sh...
2 memorials
Patrick Blackett
Physicist. Born Kensington, Served in the navy in WW1. Awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1948. Government and military advisor in WW2. Created a life peer in 1969 as Baron Blackett of Chelsea....
1 memorial
George Maule
Chemist and dye manufacturer. See Atlas Dyeworks and Nicholson. From Grace's Guide: Born Lancashire. 1861 living in Newington. 1868 retired. 1871 living in Brighton. Died London.
1 memorial
Louis Pasteur
A chemist. His work on the souring of milk and the use of heat to preserve it was the foundation of the science of bacteriology. Born Dole, France. Died near Paris.
1 memorial
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War dead, WW1
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