Duke William Cavendish
(1808-1891)
7th Duke of Devonshire (from 1858)
Died aged c. 83
Wikidata WikipediaWilliam Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire, KG, PC (27 April 1808 – 21 December 1891), styled as Lord Cavendish of Keighley between 1831 and 1834 and known as Earl of Burlington between 1834 and 1858, was a British landowner, benefactor, nobleman, and politician.
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Commemorated on 1 plaque
Cavendish Laboratory 1874-1974 Established by the Duke of Devonshire and extended by Lord Rayleigh (1908) and Lord Austin (1940), the Cavendish Laboratory housed the Department of Physics from the time of the first Cavendish Professor, James Clerk Maxwell, until its move to new laboratories in West Cambridge
Free School Lane, Cambridge, United Kingdom where they established the Cavendish Laboratory