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Slate plaque № 73365

Commemorative plaque
Slate plaque № 73365
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This slate commemorative plaque records: Professor John Tyndall., F.R.S. (1820-1893) of the Royal Institution built this house in 1884 and lived here until his death. Recorded plaque organisation: Surrey County Council.
Professor John Tyndall was a prominent 19th-century physicist and scientific popularizer known for his work on the greenhouse effect and the physics of light; he built this house in 1884 where he lived until his death in 1893.

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