Michael Joseph Torpey
Torpey worked for British Rail at Acton Central station. A highly regarded member of the team who died aged 64.
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W. J. Neatby
William James Neatby was an architect, designer and artist best known for his designs of architectural ceramics and was Doulton and Co.'s chief ceramic designer. In 1890 came to London to join Doul...
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John Dolland
Optician, known for his successful optics business and his patenting and commercialization of achromatic doublets. The business, founded in 1750, became Dollond & Aitchison in 1927, and was su...
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Nevil Maskelyne
Fifth British Astronomer Royal, 1765 - 1811. First person to scientifically measure the mass of the planet Earth. Created The Nautical Almanac. Born London and initially became a Church of Englan...
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John Bird
Mathematical instrument maker, notable for inventing the sextant. He came to London in 1740 where he worked for Jonathan Sisson and George Graham. By 1745, he had his own business in the Strand. Bi...
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William Herschel
Frederick William Herschel was a German-British astronomer and composer. He frequently collaborated with his younger sister and fellow astronomer Caroline Herschel. Born Hanover. Originally a musi...
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Nathaniel Bliss
Astronomer. The fourth Astronomer Royal 1762-64. Studied at Oxford University and later became the Savilian Professor of Geometry. He made important meridian observations of a comet and a solar ecl...
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Edward Troughton
Instrument maker notable for making telescopes and other astronomical instruments. Source: Wikipedia.
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