Richard Sheepshanks
Astronomer. Trained as a barrister and also as a Church of England minister. But he inherited enough wealth that he instead was a practicing astronomer at Trinity College Cambridge. Publicly critic...
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John Couch Adams
Mathematician and astronomer. Born Cornwall and died Cambridge. His most famous achievement was predicting the existence and position of Neptune, using only mathematics. He also explained the origi...
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Jeremiah Horrocks
Astronomer. He was the first person to demonstrate that the Moon moved around the Earth in an elliptical orbit; and he was the only person to predict the transit of Venus of 1639, an event which he...
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John Raymond Smith
Sculptor. The Flamsteed bust is the only work that we can find. Our colleague, Andrew Behan, states that The Royal Observatory, Greenwich, website has two listings: 'A bust of Flamsteed sculpted ...
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John Flamsteed
Astronomer, the first Astronomer Royal. His main achievements were the preparation of a 3,000-star catalogue, Catalogus Britannicus, and a star atlas called Atlas Coelestis, both published posthumo...
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Royal Astronomical Society
Formed as the Astronomical Society on 10 March 1820 with Sir William Herschel as the titular first President. The Royal Astronomical Society is a learned society and charity that encourages and p...
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Clapham Parochial School
Establish in 1812, the school moved to Macaulay Road when it outgrew its previous site at the apex of Rectory Grove and North Street. It moved out of Macaulay Road in 1974 and the Muscular Dystrop...
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Reginald Blunt, CBE
Chelsea historian, son of Gerald Blunt. A founding member of the Chelsea Society and author of books on Chelsea's history. This portrait is by Walter Greaves. Photo credit: Kensington and Chelsea ...
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Sisters of Mercy - Bermondsey
The Sisters of Mercy is an Institute of Catholic nuns (not to be confused with the rock group of the same name). Founded in Dublin by Catherine McAuley (1778 -1841), they have established many educ...
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St Joseph's School - Bermondsey
From St Joseph's History page: The Sisters of Mercy's convent was established in Bermondsey with the specific objective of opening a school here. The school was first run in East Lane until 1840 wh...
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