Born at Barnwood Manor House, Barnwood, near Gloucester. Knighted 30 Jan. 1868. Died Paris. Inventor of things such as the English concertina and the stereoscope but best known for the Wheatstone bridge which measures electrical resistance. Also a major figure in the development of telegraphy. Through his 1847 marriage he was uncle to Arthur and Oliver Heaviside and influenced their careers in the direction of telegraphy.
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Sir Charles Wheatstone
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Charles Wheatstone
Sir Charles Wheatstone, 1802 - 1875, scientist and inventor, lived here. Grea...
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Sir Ashton Lever
Natural history collector. Born at the family seat near Manchester where he also died. His museum was at Leicester House on the northern side of Leicester Square and called the Holophusikon, or Hol...
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Galileo Galilei
Physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher.  Born Pisa, Italy.  His improvements to the telescope enabled him to make new important astronomical observations which supported Copernicus’s...
2 memorials
National Physical Laboratory
The NPL's history page concentrates on their work (e.g. they weighed Concorde, no mean feat) rather than their buildings. Â NPL began its life housed in the former royal residence, Bushy House, in B...
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Louis Pasteur
A chemist. His work on the souring of milk and the use of heat to preserve it was the foundation of the science of bacteriology. Born Dole, France. Died near Paris.
1 memorial
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