Chemist. Born John Alexander Reina at 19 West Square, Southwark. The first person to devise a periodic table of chemical elements arranged in order of their relative atomic masses. He arranged all of the known elements, starting with hydrogen and ending with thorium, into seven groups of eight, which he likened to octaves of music. Died at his home, 1 Mildenhall Road, Lower Clapton.
Both his places of birth and death are end of terrace houses - does this mean something?
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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