Royal Society of Chemistry
National Historic Chemical Landmark
Former site of the Royal College of Chemistry (1845 - 1872)
The College was modelled on Liebig's Laboratory at Giessen, Germany by AW Hofmann. Here, Hofmann inspired the young to do great things in chemistry, and relate them to both academic and everyday life.
22 May 2003 RSoC
W1, Oxford Street, 299
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Royal College of Chemistry
August Wilhelm von Hofmann was born on 8 April 1818 in Giessen, Grand Duchy o...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Royal College of Chemistry
Formed as a merger of the Chemical Society, the Royal Institute of Chemistry,...
Beautiful filigree carved text. Compare the typeface with that at Abbaye de la Cambre. Â This was erected the year after Charlotte died ...
Robert Aickman, 1914 - 1981, author and co-founder of the Inland Waterways Association, lived and worked here. The Inland Waterways Assoc...
Sir Donald Sinden, actor, lived here, 1954 - 1997. HGS Residents Association 2015
English Heritage Ernest Bevin, 1881 - 1951, trade union leader and statesman, lived here in flat No. 8, 1931 - 1939.
Seems likely that Harte did not actually die here. See our page for Harte.
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