BOFFINS IN COFFINS The Scientific Heritage of Kensal Green Cemetery A Guided Cemtery Tour with Laurence Scales Sunday 15th October 2023 at 11 am and 2 pm Kensal Green cemetery is the posthumous hang-out for several world-famous scientific geniuses, including an extraordinary number of Fellows of the Royal Society. On this guided tour Laurence Scales will introduce you to several pioneering engineers and botanical and medical luminaries of the 19th century. Among the household names are Isambard Kingdom Brunel, computer pioneer Charles Babbage and Robert Brown (the discoverer of Brownian motion). But the cemetery also boasts an immigrant from America, one of whose inventions may now be found in every home, and another, described as the greatest mechanical inventor of the 19th century, although you may never have heard of him.
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