Astronomer. born Haggerston, London. Correctly predicted the return of a comet in 1758 but died before the date. Invented the diving bell. Died Greenwich.
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Dr Edmond Halley
Commemorated ati
Sir Isaac Newton's house- detailed
plaque inside building at top of stairway directly facing entrance
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Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin, father of the theory of evolution and natural selection. Born at Shrewsbury. Grandfathers: Erasmus Darwin and Josiah Wedgwood. Independently wealthy. Once he returned from th...
7 memorials
Edward Troughton
Instrument maker notable for making telescopes and other astronomical instruments. Source: Wikipedia.
1 memorial
Francis Cranmer Penrose
Architect, archaeologist, astronomer and rower. Â Born Lincolnshire. Â Surveyor to the Fabric of St Paul's Cathedral 1852 -Â 1899. Â Died Wimbledon.
2 memorials
Nicolaus Copernicus
Mathematician and astronomer. Â Argued that the Sun, not the Earth, was the centre of the universe.
1 memorial
Dr John Venn
Logician and philosopher. Born Hull where his father was vicar of a local parish. Grandson of Rev John Venn.  Inventor of the Venn diagram.  In 1888 he seems to have tired of logic and turned to ...
1 memorial
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