List of blue plaques erected by the Royal Society of Chemistry
This is a list of blue plaques erected by the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Chemical Landmark Scheme
[edit]The Chemical Landmark Scheme (CLS) is a Royal Society of Chemistry initiative recognising sites where the chemical sciences have made a significant contribution to health, wealth, or quality of life. The blue plaques are publicly visible, and are intended to give everyone an insight into chemistry's relevance to everyday lives.[1] CLS plaques for the first few years of the scheme (begun in 2001) were rectangular, black lettering on a steel background, but later plaques are hexagonal, white lettering on a blue background. Round plaques bearing RSC attribution do not bear the word "landmark" and are apparently without the scheme. The scheme was suspended in mid-2018 or earlier.[2] As of mid-August 2021, the RSC promise to provide a formal nomination process for new plaques "shortly".[3]
A list of plaques awarded to date can be found below.
Recently (as of mid-August 2021) the RSC have listed plaques on their own website.[3] Currently that list omits the 2015 plaque for Robert Angus Smith below, but has the following additional plaques: four awarded later than the two 2016 plaques listed here, an extra 2006 plaque to Perkin, and a 1997 plaque relating to histamine H2-receptor antagonists. The RSC list has no inscriptions or photographs in contrast to this list, but it does have the precise date of the plaque award (whereas this list gives an approximate date of installation, normally some time after the award ceremony).
England
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Subject | Inscription | Location | Year installed | Photo | Open Plaques ref | Notes
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Beecham Research Laboratories |
| The Shop at Strood Green 1 Tynedale Road Betchworth, Surrey | 2016 | [4] | ||
Sir John Cornforth 1917–2013 |
| Kent Science Park Broadoak Road Sittingbourne, Kent | 2016 | [5] | ||
Sir Edward Frankland KCB 1825–1899 |
| Lancaster Royal Grammar School East Road Lancaster | 2015 | [6] | ||
Sir Humphry Davy Bt MRI PRS 1778–1829 |
| 1 Market Place Penzance | 2015 | ![]() | [7][8] | |
Robert Angus Smith PhD FRS 1817–1884 |
| Oxford Road Manchester | 2015 | ![]() | ||
Daniel Douglas Eley OBE FRS 1914– |
| The School of Chemistry University of Nottingham University Park Nottingham | 2014 | [9] | ||
Saltend Chemicals Park |
| BP Chemicals Ltd Saltend Chemicals Park Hull | 2014 | [10] | ||
Johnson Matthey plc |
| Johnson Matthey Orchard Road Royston Hertfordshire | 2014 | [11] | ||
Dorothy Hodgkin 1910–1994 |
| Department of Chemistry University of Oxford South Parks Road. OS map ref (± 00010) SP 51532 06850. Oxford | 2014 | [12] | ||
Ibuprofen |
| Building D6 at Boots Beeston Factory Site Dunkirk Industrial Estate 1 Thane Road Nottingham | 2013 | [13] | ||
Ibuprofen |
| BioCity Nottingham Pennyfoot Street NG1 1GF Nottingham | 2013 | ![]() | [13] | |
Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy |
| University of Southampton Highfield SO17 1BJ Southampton | 2013 | [14] | ||
Rev Ron Lancaster MBE 1931– |
| Kimbolton School Kimbolton PE28 0EA Cambridge | 2013 | [15] | ||
Professor The Lord George Porter of Luddenham OM PRS 1920–2002 |
| Wolfson Laboratories Imperial College London South Kensington Campus SW7 2AZ London | 2012 | [16] | ||
Inorganic chemistry Laboratory Science Area, Oxford 1982 |
| South Parks Road, Oxford. OS map ref (± 00010) SP 51532 06850. Oxford 51°27′10″N 1°09′06″E / 51.452884°N 1.151750°E | 2012 | ![]() | ||
Thomas Graham House |
| Thomas Graham House Science Park Milton Road Cambridge 52°14′09″N 0°08′27″E / 52.235844°N 0.140903°E | 2011 | 31676 | ||
ICI General Chemicals, Widnes Research Laboratory |
| Catalyst Science Discovery Centre Mersey Road Widnes Cheshire WA8 0DF Widnes 53°21′07″N 2°44′02″W / 53.352058°N 2.733822°W | 2011 | ![]() | [17] | |
Ernest Rutherford 1871–1937 |
| Rutherford Building (just inside entrance), Coupland Street University of Manchester Manchester | 2011 | ![]() | [18] | |
Unilever Research & Development Port Sunlight Laboratory |
| Merseyside | 2011 | ![]() | [19] | |
Inorganic chemistry Laboratory Science Area, Oxford 1980 |
| South Parks Road, Oxford. OS map ref (± 00010) SP 51532 06850. Oxford 51°27′10″N 1°09′06″E / 51.452884°N 1.151750°E | 2010 | ![]() | ||
Pfizer Sandwich |
| Sandwich, Kent | 2010 | [20] | ||
Sanofi-Aventis, Dagenham Site |
| Dagenham Essex | 2010 | [21] | ||
Medical Research Council Human Nutrition Research |
| Human Nutrition Research 120 Fulbourn Road CB1 9NL Cambridge | 2009 | [22] | ||
Harwell Laboratory |
| Harwell Campus Management HQ Building Thomson Avenue OX11 0GD. OS map ref (± 00010) SU 48075 87128. Didcot | 2009 | ![]() | [23] | |
Sir Joseph Wilson Swan FRS 1828–1914 |
| Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle 23 Westgate Road NE1 1SE Newcastle upon Tyne | 2009 | [25] | ||
Chemistry Department University College London |
| University College London 20 Gordon Street WX1H 0AJ London | 2008 | [26] | ||
Alderley Park |
| AstraZeneca Alderely Park SK10 4TF Macclesfield | 2008 | [[File:![]() | [27] | |
John Snow 1813–1848 |
| Broadwick (formerly Broad) Street Soho London 51°18′17″N 0°04′52″E / 51.304850°N 0.081129°E | 2008 | ![]() | 1962 | |
Chemistry Department University College London 1930–1970 |
| Gordon St, Bloomsbury, Euston, WC1H 0AH London 51°18′47″N 0°04′33″E / 51.312997°N 0.075720°E | 2008 | ![]() | ||
Jealott's Hill International Research Centre |
| Syngenta Jealott's Hill International Research Centre Berkshire RG42 6EY Bracknell | 2007 | [28] | ||
Clarendon Laboratory 1887–1915 |
| Clarendon Laboratory Sherrington Road, OX1 3PU. OS map ref (± 00010) SP 51412 07013. Oxford 51°27′12″N 1°09′08″E / 51.453343°N 1.152281°E | 2007 | ![]() | 4698 | [29] |
John Dalton FRS 1766–1844 |
| John Dalton Cottage CA13 Eaglesfied | 2007 | [[File:![]() | [30] | |
Sir Derek Barton FRS 1918–1998 |
| Imperial College London South Kensington Campus SW7 2AZ London | 2007 | [31] | ||
Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson FRS 1921–1996 |
| Imperial College London South Kensington Campus SW7 2AZ London | 2007 | [31] | ||
Sir William H. Perkin 1838–1907 |
| Oldfield Lane N Greendford UB6 London | 2006 | [32] | ||
Hexagon Site |
| Hexagon Tower Crumpsall Vall Blackley M9 8ES Manchester | 2006 | |||
Natural Products |
| Department of Chemistry University of Cambridge Lensfield Road CB2 1EW Cambridge | 2005 | [33] | ||
Liquid Crystals |
| Hull | 2005 | [34] | ||
William Ramsay, Nobel Laureate 1904 |
| University College London Gower Street WC1E 6BT London | 2004 | [35] | ||
Winnington Laboratory |
| Winnington Hall Winnington Lane Northwich CW8 4DU Winnington | 2004 | |||
Dyson Perrins Laboratory |
| Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit Dyson Perrins Building South Parks Road OX1 3QY. OS map ref (± 00010) SP 51609 06916. Oxford | 2004 | |||
Silicone Polymers |
| School of Chemistry University of Nottingham NG7 2RD Nottingham | 2004 | [36] | ||
William Henry Bragg (1862–1942) and William Lawrence Bragg (1890–1971) |
| School of Chemistry University of Leeds LS2 9JT Leeds | 2003 | [37] | ||
Former site of the Royal College of Chemistry 1845–1872 |
| 299 Oxford Street W1C 2DZ London | 2003 | ![]() | ||
King's College London |
| The Strand King's College London WC2R 347 London | 2003 | |||
Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys 1950– |
| Department of Genetics University of Leicester Leicester | 2002 | [38] | ||
Royal Gunpowder Mills |
| Waltham Abbey | 2002 | |||
Dr Archer John Porter Martin (1910–2002) and Dr Richard Laurence Millington Synge (1914–1994) |
| Leeds | 2001 | [39] | ||
Johnson Matthey Technology Centre |
| Berkshire | 2001 | [40] | ||
Frederick Crace Calvert PhD FRS 1819–1873 |
| Princess Street Manchester M1 3WF | ![]() | 1273 |
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Scotland
[edit]Subject | Inscription | Location | Year installed | Photo | Open Plaques ref | Notes
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Thomas Graham 1805–1869 |
| Department of Pure & Applied Chemistry University of Strathclyde Thomas Graham Building 295 Cathedral Street Glasgow 55°51′46″N 4°14′47″W / 55.862822°N 4.246515°W | 2014 | 39209 | [41] | |
James 'Paraffin' Young 1811–1883 |
| Bennie Museum 9–11 Mansefield Street Bathgate | 2012 | [42][43] | ||
Professor Joseph Black 1728–1799 |
| University of Glasgow Joseph Black Building University Place Glasgow 55°52′21″N 4°17′38″W / 55.872507°N 4.293950°W | 2009 | 11166 | ||
Professor Joseph Black 1728–1799 |
| University of Edinburgh Joseph Black Building David Brewster Road Edinburgh | 2009 |
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Northern Ireland
[edit]Subject | Inscription | Location | Year installed | Photo | Open Plaques ref | Notes
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Thomas Andrews 1813–1885 |
| Queen's University Belfast University Road Belfast | 2013 | The plaque is indoors.[44]
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Wales
[edit]Subject | Inscription | Location | Year installed | Photo | Open Plaques ref | Notes |
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Professor Edward Hughes 1906–1963 |
| School of Chemistry Bangor University Bangor, Gwynedd | 2009 | ![]() | [45]
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International
[edit]Subject | Inscription | Location | Year installed | Photo | Open Plaques ref | Notes
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August Kekulé 1829–1896 |
| Ghent University Aula Ugent Voldersstraat 9 9000 Gent Belgium | 2011 | [46] | ||
Académie de Sciences, Paris |
| 2008 | [47] |
Other
[edit]Subject | Inscription | Location | Year installed | Photo | Open Plaques ref | Notes
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Edward Frankland and Henry Enfield Roscoe |
| former County Court, Quay Street Manchester 53°28′43″N 2°15′07″W / 53.478594°N 2.251999°W | 963 | |||
The development of penicillin 1928–1945 |
| St Mary's Hospital Praed Street W2 1NY London | 1999 | Erected jointly with American Chemical Society [48] | ||
Joseph Priestley |
| St Michael's Church New Meeting Street Birmingham 52°28′48″N 1°53′33″W / 52.4799600°N 1.892589°W | 1980 | ![]() | 1596 | Erected jointly with Birmingham Civic Society |
John Dalton |
| Peace Garden Manchester 53°28′43″N 2°14′34″W / 53.47856°N 2.24272°W | 2003 | ![]() | 968 |
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References
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- ^ "Plaque in Cambridge to honour the man who made DNA decoding possible". Royal Society of Chemistry News.
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- ^ "UCL commemorates Ramsay's Nobel centenary". UCL News.
- ^ "Kipping commemorated in Nottingham for early work on silicone chemistry" (PDF). Royal Society of Chemistry News.
- ^ "Work of Bragg and Bragg to be celebrated by a Landmark Event at the University of Leeds" (PDF). Royal Society of Chemistry News.
- ^ "In this year of its 80th anniversary, the University of Leicester, home of the discovery of DNA fingerprinting by Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys in 1984, has a double reason for celebrating its prestigious Department of Genetics on Thursday 12 September 2002". University of Leicester.
- ^ "Work of Nobel-prize winning scientists Archer Martin and Richard Synge to be celebrated by a Landmark Event at Bass Brewers, Leeds" (PDF). Royal Society of Chemistry News.
- ^ "First National Historic Chemical Landmark recognises Impact of Pioneering Work in Platinum research" (PDF). Royal Society of Chemistry News.
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