Sir William Henry Perkin, FRS, discovered the first aniline dyestuff, March 1856, while working in his home laboratory on this site and went on to found science-based industry. 1838 - 1907.
Stepney Historical Trust
E1, Cable Street
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Sir William Perkin
Chemist.  Born King David's Lane, Shadwell.  While a student at the Royal Col...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Sir William Perkin
The Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts was present at the unveiling, exactly 50 years after the first blues night at the club.
A report in the London North Middlesex Standard And Tottenham And Wood Green Echo of 13Â September 1901Â describes the unveiling as being "...
These lovely ceramics plaques were installed some time in or before 2008. There are 12 oval ceramics of which 7 nos 1-7) are mosaic and r...
The plaque gives 1739 as the foundation date but sources give 1749.
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