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Mornington Terrace
Mornington Terrace is a street in Camden Town. Located in the London Borough of Camden, it runs southeastwards from Delancey Street, Camden, Delancey Street following the route of the West Coast Main Line, main line into Euston that runs immediately to its west. At its southern end it becomes Clarkson Row while Mornington Place connects it to Mornington Crescent. Both Mornington Terrace and Place are notable for their surviving Victorian era, Victorian houses. Like the slightly earlier Mornington Crescent it takes its name from the Irish aristocrat Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, Richard, Earl of Mornington, the elder brother of the Duke of Wellington. The area was built up to provide extra residential capacity for the expanding capital. The construction of the railway into Euston in the late 1830s defined the route of the new street. It was called Mornington Road on an 1849 map. At that time the terraced housing on the eastern side were complimented by upmarket vill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Deco
Art Deco, short for the French (), is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design that first Art Deco in Paris, appeared in Paris in the 1910s just before World War I and flourished in the United States and Europe during the 1920s to early 1930s, through styling and design of the exterior and interior of anything from large structures to small objects, including clothing, fashion, and jewelry. Art Deco has influenced buildings from skyscrapers to cinemas, bridges, ocean liners, trains, cars, trucks, buses, furniture, and everyday objects, including radios and vacuum cleaners. The name Art Deco came into use after the 1925 (International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts) held in Paris. It has its origin in the bold geometric forms of the Vienna Secession and Cubism. From the outset, Art Deco was influenced by the bright colors of Fauvism and the Ballets Russes, and the exoticized styles of art from Chinese art, China, Japanese art, Japan, Indian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Crookes
Sir William Crookes (; 17 June 1832 – 4 April 1919) was an English chemist and physicist who attended the Royal College of Chemistry, now part of Imperial College London, and worked on spectroscopy. He was a pioneer of vacuum tubes, inventing the Crookes tube, which was made in 1875. This was a foundational discovery that eventually changed the whole of chemistry and physics. He is credited with discovering the element thallium, announced in 1861, with the help of spectroscopy. He was also the first to describe the spectrum of terrestrial helium, in 1865. Crookes was the inventor of the Crookes radiometer but did not discern the true explanation of the phenomenon he detected. Crookes also invented a 100% ultraviolet blocking sunglass lens. For a time, he was interested in Spiritualism (movement), spiritualism and became president of the Society for Psychical Research. Biography Crookes's life was one of unbroken scientific activity that extended over sixty-seven years. He wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scientist
A scientist is a person who Scientific method, researches to advance knowledge in an Branches of science, area of the natural sciences. In classical antiquity, there was no real ancient analog of a modern scientist. Instead, philosophers engaged in the philosophical study of nature called natural philosophy, a precursor of natural science. Though Thales ( 624–545 BC) was arguably the first scientist for describing how cosmic events may be seen as natural, not necessarily caused by gods,Frank N. Magill''The Ancient World: Dictionary of World Biography'', Volume 1 Routledge, 2003 it was not until the 19th century in science, 19th century that the term ''scientist'' came into regular use after it was coined by the theologian, philosopher, and historian of science William Whewell in 1833. History The roles of "scientists", and their predecessors before the emergence of modern scientific disciplines, have evolved considerably over time. Scientists of different er ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Wells
Catherine Wells (née Amy Catherine Robbins; 8 July 1872 – 6 October 1927) was an English writer and poet. She was a former student of H. G. Wells, to whom she was married from 1895 until her death. Life Amy Catherine Robbins was born in Islington, London, on 8 July 1872, the daughter of Frederick and Maria Catherine Robbins. She was described as "fragile figure, with very delicate features, very fair hair, and very brown eyes". Following the death of her father, she undertook degree study in order to become a teacher. She was a student of H. G. Wells at the Tutorial College in Holborn, and they married on 27 October 1895. They lived initially in Camden Town and Sevenoaks, and later at Woking and Worcester Park in Surrey. Their household in Worcester Park was portrayed by Dorothy Richardson in ''Pilgrimage'' (1915). Richardson had been a schoolfriend of Catherine Wells. The couple were known to their friends as H. G. and Jane. In 1900, they moved to Spade House, a home bui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Listed Building
In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Historic Environment Division of the Department for Communities in Northern Ireland. The classification schemes differ between England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland (see sections below). The term has also been used in the Republic of Ireland, where buildings are protected under the Planning and Development Act 2000, although the statutory term in Ireland is "Record of Protected Structures, protected structure". A listed building may not be demolished, extended, or altered without permission from the local planning authority, which typically consults the relevant central government agency. In England and Wales, a national amenity society must be notified of any work to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edinboro Castle
The Edinboro Castle is a Grade II listed public house on Mornington Terrace in the London Borough of Camden. It was constructed in 1839 and was named after Edinburgh Castle in Scotland, with the original spelling of the pub being the same. It once housed a small museum, art gallery and tea gardens. It was listed in 1973. In 1984 a fire damaged the pub but it was refurbished in its original Victorian style by Charrington Brewery, Charringtons.Woodford p.65 References Bibliography * Woodford, Peter (ed.) ''From Primrose Hill to Euston Road''. Camden History Society, 1995. 1839 establishments in England Grade II listed buildings in the London Borough of Camden Grade II listed pubs in London Camden Town Pubs in the London Borough of Camden {{pub-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
