Electronics engineer and humanist. Born as Dénes Gábor, in Budapest, Hungary. He worked in Germany for several years, but moved to England when Adolf Hitler came to power. he invented holography in 1947, but this did not flourish until the development of lasers in the 1960s. Died at a nursing home at 7 Knaresborough Place, Kensington.
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Dennis Gabor
Plaque unveiled by Sir Eric Ash, former rector of Imperial College and Gabor'...
From the Trust's website: "Our purpose is to study and celebrate the life and works of Sir Nigel Gresley in particular, and the works and achievements of the London & North Eastern Railway in g...
Trustee of The Memorial Gates Trust. Harpinder Singh Narula was born in December 1953 in India. Our Picture Source and his Wikipedia page gives some information about this man.
Built to provide steam for the pumping engines needed to keep the Thames Tunnel dry during its construction.
Electrician on the RMS Titanic. A full résumé of his life can be found on the Encyclopedia Titanica website. He is also commemorated on the Engineers Memorial, Andrews East Park, Above Bar Street,...
Military engineer, surveyor, antiquary. Born South Lanarkshire.  Founder of the Ordnance Survey. 1749-55, one of a team that produced "The Duke of Cumberland's Map", commissioned by  George II as ...
Person, Armed Forces, Engineering, History, Science, Scotland
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