
What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Oliver Heaviside FRS 1850-1925 mathematician and scientist renowned worldwide for his contribution to electromagnetic theory and prediction of the Heaviside Layer off which which radio signals are reflected lived here 1889-1897 Recorded plaque organisation: Torbay Civic Society.
Oliver Heaviside was a self-taught mathematician and physicist who made foundational contributions to electromagnetic theory, including predicting the existence of the ionosphere's reflective layer known as the Heaviside Layer.
A plaque record does not grant entry to a building or private land. View it from a public place unless permission is clearly given.
Places near here
Paignton Community CollegeListed building · 80 yd
United Reformed Church and Adjoining SchoolListed building · 117 yd
Jubilee sculpturePublic sculpture · 290 yd
Dartmouth Steam RailwayHeritage attraction · 306 yd
Paignton SandsBeach / strand · 828 yd
Paignton BeachBeach / strand · 985 yd
Fairy CoveBay · 1140 yd
Primley WoodsWood · 1149 yd
Savage HoleBay · 1267 yd
Zeebrugge Raid - Harrison monument on Roundham HeadMonument or public art · 1343 yd
Paignton : Paignton Zoo, WaterfallWaterfall · 1439 yd
Paignton : Paignton Zoo, Wishing WellOld or holy well · 1491 ydOther information
Photo: Simon Harriyott · CC BY 2.0