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26 out of 26 (100%) plaques have been curated
31 subjects all or unphotographedGender Diversity
Sir Peter Medawar won a Nobel Prize for his work on graft rejection and acquired immune tolerance in 1960
Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Charles Lapworth undertook pioneering work into the formation of mountain belts 1882–1883
Aston Webb – A Block, Earth Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Frederick Shotton furthered understanding of climate change 1949–1974
Aston Webb – A Block, Earth Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Sir Edward Elgar, composer, became the University’s first Professor of Music in 1905
Bramall Concert Hall, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Sir Granville Bantock, composer and conductor, Professor of Music 1908–34
Bramall Concert Hall, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Otto Frisch and Rudolf Peierls showed the feasibility of an airborne atomic weapon here in 1940
Nuffield, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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John Randall and Harry Boot first operated a Cavity Magnetron to produce radar waves here on 21 Feb 1940
Nuffield, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Sir Mark Oliphant pioneer of particle physics with the Proton Synchrotron built here 1946–1953
Nuffield, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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John Henry Poynting, first Professor of Physics, determined the mass of Earth in Birmingham in 1890
Poynting Building, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Margery Fry, influential prison reformer and one of the first female magistrates. Warden here 1908–1914
University House, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Sir William Ashley founded Britain's first Faculty of Commerce here in 1902
Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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George Neville Watson, mathematician, published pioneering work on Bessel Functions in 1922
Watson Building, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Louis MacNeice poet, author and playwright taught Classics 1930–1936
Arts Building, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Sir Nikolaus Pevsner, architectural historian, researched English industrial design 1934–1935
Arts Building, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Francois Lafitte, pioneering social policy analyst, worked to widen access to family planning during the 1960s.
Muirhead Tower, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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The Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies, the focus for British cultural studies, founded here in 1964
Muirhead Tower, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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John Sinclair set up the COBUILD project, pioneering a dictionary using ‘real-world’ text in 1987
Westmere, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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David Lodge author of satirical "campus novels" taught English 1960-1987
Arts Building, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Marie Corelli novelist and protector of local heritage lived and died here 1901-1924
The Shakespeare Institute, Mason Croft, Church St, Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom
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Dame Hilda Lloyd Professor of Obstetrics saved many through her midwife ‘flying squads’ set up in 1936
Medical School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Leon Abrams and Ray Lightwood developed and implanted the first variable rate pacemaker in 1960
Medical School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Sir Norman Haworth Nobel Laureate in Chemistry for work on carbohydrates and vitamin C 1937
Haworth Building, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Harold Round & Arthur Parrott Birmingham dentists, oral surgeons and pioneers of early airbags patented in 1919
University of Birmingham School of Dentistry, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Madeleine Carroll actor and humanitarian, founder of UNICEF's World Children's Day BA graduate 1926
The Carroll Room, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Professor Li Siguang geologist and statesman, for pioneering research on the geology and natural resources of China
Lapworth Museum of Geology, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Raymond E. Priestley Kt, M.C., M.A., D.S.c., LL.D. 1886 - 1974 Vice - Chancellor, University of Birmingham 1938 - 1952 To commemorate his life and work Presented by The Guild of Graduates and other Friends of the University
The Great Hall, Aston Webb Building, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom