|
|
Engineers, Architects, and Builders
Sir Hiram Maxim inventor of the machine gun.
Sir Henry Bessemer, engineer and inventor of the famous steel process.
James Henry Greathead who tunnelled much of the London Underground.
William Burges and Sir William Tite, gothic architects.
Notable Medics
Dr William Marsden, founder of the Royal Free Hospital and The Royal Marsden Hospital.
Dr Gideon Mantell, the geologist and pioneering palaeontologist.
Sister Eliza Roberts, (Florence Nightingale's principal nurse during the Crimean War).
The 'Great and the Good'
Sir Henry Tate, sugar magnate and founder of London's Tate Gallery.
Paul Julius Baron von Reuter, founder of the news agency.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Artists and Entertainers
David Roberts, artist.
Joseph Barnby, composer and resident conductor at the Royal Albert Hall.
Katti Lanner, ballet dancer.
Patsy Smart, TV-Upstairs, Downstairs actress.
Mary Brough, actress in Aldwych farces.
Sportsmen
C. W. Alcock, founder of Test cricket and the FA Cup.
Georg Hackenschmidt, Anglo-Estonian professional wrestler.
|
|
|
