Physician, physicist and natural philosopher. Born Colchester. Regarded by some as the father of electrical engineering or electricity and magnetism. Died in London, probably of the bubonic plaque.
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William Gilbert
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Jean Scott
Founder of The Finchley Society. Andrew Behan found their website very informative: Jean Leslie Scott, The Finchley Society’s founder, was born on 21 March 1921 and lived in Finchley since her ch...
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1 memorial
Daniel Solander
Swedish botanist. Came to London in June 1760 to promote Carl Linnaeus’ taxonomy and used it to catalogue the natural history collections at the British Museum. Travelled with Joseph Banks on Capta...
1 memorial
William Lilly
Master astrologer. Born Leicestershire. Allegedly predicted the Great Fire of London 14 years before it happened. He was accused of having started the fire and was tried but, there being no evid...
1 memorial
Henry Cavendish
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2 memorials
Sir Joseph Banks
From the British Library: "Joseph Banks was a prominent botanist, who served as President of the Royal Society, and advised on the development of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. He was a key figu...
2 memorials
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River Effra - Canterbury Square 4
SW9, Brixton Road, Canterbury Square
Photographed and numbered from north to south. A nearby information board: On your right is the old Roman road to the south coast (now t...
1 subject commemorated,
3 creators
Holywell Priory
This covered a roughly square-shaped area, bounded by: (clockwise) Bateman's Row, Shoreditch High Street Holywell Lane, Curtain Road. Founded 1152/8 by Robert Fitz Generan and you won't be surprise...
1 memorial
Mrs F. W. Callow
We found a local newspaper article (Islington Gazette - Tuesday 16 June 1903) reporting on the marriage, the previous Saturday, of Florence Minnie, daughter of Joseph Toomer, of Falkland Road, Harr...
1 memorial
River Effra - Canterbury Square 6
SW9, Brixton Road, Canterbury Square
Photographed and numbered from north to south. A nearby information board: On your right is the old Roman road to the south coast (now t...
1 subject commemorated,
3 creators
2 memorials
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