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Tag: streets named after scientists

Smeaton Road, SW18

14 November 2024 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Laid out in the 1890s it is named after John Smeaton (June 8, 1724 – October 28, 1792),…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: industry, Putney, River Wandle, Southfields, streets named after engineers, streets named after people with a Yorkshire connection, streets named after scientists, Wandsworth

Coppock Close, SW11

21 November 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name John Bridgeford Maxwell Coppock (1910 – April 4,1981) was a lecturer and research chemist, who taught chemistry and…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Battersea, Falconbrook, Kambala Estate, streets named after scientists, Wandsworth

Flamsteed Court, SE13

20 October 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name John Flamsteed (August 19, 1646 – December 31, 1719) was the first Astronomer Royal at the Royal Observatory, in…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Cambridge, Cambridge University, Charles II, Greenwich, Greenwich West, streets named after Cambridge graduates, streets named after scientists

Flamsteed Road, SE7

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Place Name John Flamsteed (August 19, 1646 – December 31, 1719) was the first Astronomer Royal at the Royal Observatory, in…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Cambridge University, Charles II, Charlton Village and Riverside, Greenwich, streets named after Cambridge graduates, streets named after scientists

Darwin Road, DA16

8 October 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Charles Robert Darwin (February 12, 1809 – April 19, 1882), was the naturalist, geologist and biologist, famous for…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Bexley, cluster, Falconwood and Welling, streets named after Edinburgh graduates, streets named after scientists, Welling

James Watt Way, DA8

14 August 2019 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Industrial heritage. Named in honour of the renowned mechanical engineer and scientist James Watt (January 30, 1736 –…

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Posted in: Bexley Filed under: Bexley, Erith, Erith and Thamesmead, streets named after scientists
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