London blue plaques

Science & Technology

153 of the 1,001 English Heritage blue plaques on this map are classified as Science & Technology. The earliest was erected in 1876, the most recent in 2024. They are most concentrated in Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea, Camden and Hampstead. Every name below links to that plaque's page, with its inscription, address and location on the map.

• Alan Turing 1912–1954 · Code-breaker · 2 Warrington Cresent, Maida Vale, Westminster, W9 · erected 1998
• Abdus Salam 1926–1996 · Theoretical physicist · 8 Campion Road, Putney · erected 2020
• Ada Lovelace 1815–1852 · Pioneer of computing · 12 St James's Square, Westminster, SW1 · erected 1992
• Alexander Fleming 1881–1955 · Discoverer of penicillin · 20a Danvers Street · erected 1981
• Alfred Russel Wallace 1823–1913 · Naturalist · 44 St Peter's Road Croydon · erected 1979
• Anna Freud 1895–1982 · Pioneer of child psychoanalysis · 20 Maresfield Gardens
• Chaim Weizmann 1874–1952 · Scientist · 67 Addison Road, Kensington and Chelsea, W14 · erected 1980
• Charles Darwin 1809–1882 · Naturalist · Biological Sciences Building, University College, (site of 110) Gower Street, Camden, WC1 · erected 1961
• Edith Cavell 1865–1915 · Pioneer of modern nursing in Belgium · London Hospital, Whitechapel, Tower Hamlets, E1 · erected 1988
• Florence Nightingale 1820–1910 · Nurse · 10 South Street · erected 1955
• Francis Galton 1822–1911 · Explorer · 42 Rutland Gate, Westminster, SW7 · erected 1959
• Gerald Durrell 1925–1995 · Zoologist · 43 Alleyn Park, Dulwich · erected 2020
• Gertrude Bell 1868–1926 · Explorer · 95 Sloane Street · erected 2019
• Guglielmo Marconi 1874–1937 · Inventor of a wireless telegraphy system · 71 Hereford Road, Westminster, W2 · erected 1954
• Henry Morton Stanley 1841–1904 · Explorer · 2 Richmond Terrace, Whitehall, Westminster, SW1 · erected 1987
• Howard Carter 1874–1939 · Egyptologist · 19 Collingham Gardens, Kensington and Chelsea, SW5 · erected 1999
• Isambard Kingdom Brunel Civil engineer · Burrell's Wharf, Westferry Road
• James Clerk Maxwell 1831–1879 · Physicist · 16 Palace Gardens Terrace, Kensington, W8
• James Cook 1728–1779 · Circumnavigator · 88 Mile End Road, Tower Hamlets · erected 1970
• Joan Clarke 1917–1996 · Cryptanalyst · 193 Rosendale Road, West Dulwich · erected 2024
• William Thomson 1824–1907 · Physicist · 15 Eaton Place, Westminster, SW1 · erected 1996
• Amelia Edwards 1831–1892 · Egyptologist · 19 Wharton Street, Islington, WC1X · erected 2015
• Amy Johnson 1903–1941 · Aviator · Hendon Way
• Archibald McIndoe 1900–1960 · Reconstructive surgeon · Avenue Court, Draycott Avenue
• Arthur Stanley Eddington 1882–1944 · Mathematician · 4 Bennett Park, Blackheath · erected 1974
• Benjamin Thompson 1753–1814 · Inventor · 168 Brompton Road, Knightsbridge, Kensington and Chelsea, SW3 · erected 1999
• Bernard Spilsbury 1877–1947 · Forensic pathologist · 31 Marlborough Hill, Westminster, NW8 · erected 2004
• Cato Street Conspiracy Conspiracy · 1a Cato Street · erected 1977
• Charles Rolls 1877–1910 · Pioneer of motoring · 14/15 Conduit Street, Mayfair · erected 2010
• Charles Wheatstone 1802–1875 · Scientist · 19 Park Crescent, Regent's Park · erected 1981
• Dennis Gabor 1900–1979 · Inventor of holography · 79 Queen’s Gate, SW7 Kensington & Chelsea · erected 2006
• Edward Frankland 1825–1899 · Fellow of the Royal Society · 14 Lancaster Gate, Bayswater,
• Elizabeth Garrett Anderson 1836–1917 · Doctor - Bachelor of Medicine MBBS · 20 Upper Berkeley Street, Westminster, W1 · erected 1962
• Ernst Chain 1906–1979 · Biochemist · 9 North View, Wimbledon Common, SW19 Merton · erected 2003
• Flinders Petrie 1853–1942 · Egyptologist · 5 Cannon Place, Camden, NW3 · erected 1954
• Geoffrey De Havilland 1882–1965 · Aircraft designer · 32 Baron's Court Road, Hammersmith and Fulham, W14 · erected 2001
• George Cayley 1773–1857 · Scientist · 20 Hertford Street, Westminster, W1 · erected 1962
• Henry Cavendish Natural philosopher · 11 Bedford Square · erected 1903
• Henry Havelock Ellis 1859–1939 · Pioneer in the scientific study of sex · 14 Dover Mansions, Canterbury Crescent, Lambeth, SW9 · erected 1981
• Hertha Ayrton 1854–1923 · Physicist · 41 Norfolk Square, Westminster, W2 · erected 2007
• Hugh Willoughby Navigator · King Edward Memorial Park, Shadwell, Tower Hamlets, E1 · erected 1922
• John Ambrose Fleming 1849–1945 · Fellow of the Royal Society · 9 Clifton Gardens, Maida Vale, Westminster, W9 · erected 1971
• John Harrison 1693–1776 · Inventor of the marine chronometer · Summit House, Red Lion Square, Camden, WC1 · erected 1954
• John Hunter 1728–1793 · Surgeon · 31 Golden Square, Westminster, W1 · erected 1907
• John McDouall Stuart 1815–1866 · Explorer of Australia · 9 Campden Hill Square, Kensington and Chelsea, W8 · erected 1962
• Joseph Bazalgette 1819–1891 · Civil engineer · 17 Hamilton Terrace, St John's Wood, Westminster, NW8 · erected 1974
• Mary Seacole 1805–1881 · Heroine of the Crimean War · 14 Soho Square, Westminster, W1 · erected 2007
• Matthew Flinders 1774–1814 · Explorer · 56 Fitzroy Street, Camden, W1 · erected 1973
• Melanie Klein 1882–1960 · Psychoanalyst · 42 Clifton Hill, Westminster, NW8 · erected 1985
• Agnes Arber 1879–1960 · Botanist · 9 Elsworthy Terrace, Primrose Hill · erected 2018
• Alan Blumlein 1903–1942 · Electronics engineer · 37 The Ridings, Ealing · erected 1977
• Alan Cobham 1894–1973 · Aviator · 78 Denman Road, Southwark, SE15 · erected 2003
• Alliott Verdon Roe Maker of the first all-British powered flight · Railway arches at Walthamstow Marsh Railway Viaduct, Walthamstow Marshes, Waltham Forest, E17 · erected 1983
• Archibald Hill 1886–1977 · Physiologist · 16 Bishopswood Road, Highgate · erected 2015
• Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia 1808–1877 · Civil engineer · 55 Sheen Road · erected 2021
• August Wilhelm von Hofmann 1818–1892 · Professor of Chemistry · 9 Fitzroy Square · erected 1995
• Augustus Siebe 1788–1872 · Pioneer of the diving helmet · 5 Denmark Street, Camden, WC2 · erected 2000
• Benjamin Baker 1840–1907 · Civil engineer · 3 Kensington Gate, Kensington
• Charles Manby 1804–1884 · Civil engineer · 60 Westbourne Terrace · erected 1961
• David Edward Hughes 1831–1900 · Scientist · 94 Great Portland Street, Westminster, W1 · erected 1991
• David Gestetner 1854–1939 · Developer of office copying machinery · 124 Highbury New Park, Islington · erected 2011
• Diana Beck 1900–1956 · Neurosurgeon · 53 Wimpole Street, Marylebone · erected 2024
• Edward Adrian Wilson 1872–1912 · Antarctic explorer · Battersea Vicarage, 42 Vicarage Crescent, SW11 Wandsworth · erected 1935
• Edwin Saunders 1814–1901 · Dentist to Queen Victoria · Fairlawns, 89 Wimbledon Parkside, SW19 Wandsworth · erected 1997
• Ernest Jones 1879–1958 · Pioneer psychoanalyst · 19 York Terrace East
• Ernest Shackleton 1874–1922 · Antarctic explorer · 12 Westwood Hill, SE26 Lewisham · erected 1928
• Francis Pettit Smith 1808–1874 · Pioneer of the screw-propeller · 17 Sydenham Hill SE26 · erected 2008
• Frank Dyson 1868–1939 · Astronomer Royal · 6 Vanbrugh Hill · erected 1990
• Frederick George Creed 1871–1957 · Electrical engineer · 20 Outram Road, Addiscombe
• Frederick Handley Page 1885–1962 · Aircraft designer · 18 Grosvenor Square, Westminster, W1 · erected 1999
• Frederick Treves 1853–1923 · Surgeon · 6 Wimpole Street, Westminster, W1 · erected 2000
• George Bentham 1800–1884 · Botanist · 25 Wilton Place, Belgravia · erected 1978
• George Frederic Still 1868–1941 · Paediatrician · 28 Queen Anne Street, Westminster, W1 · erected 1993
• Harold Gillies 1882–1960 · Pioneer plastic surgeon · 71 Frognal, Hampstead, Camden, NW3 · erected 1997
• Harry Ricardo 1885–1974 · Mechanical engineer · 13 Bedford Square · erected 2005
• Henry Gray 1827–1861 · Anatomist · 8 Wilton Street · erected 1947
• Henry Hallett Dale 1875–1968 · Physiologist · Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon House · erected 1981
• Henry Wellcome 1853–1936 · Pharmacist · 6 Gloucester Gate, Camden, NW1 · erected 1989
• Hiram Maxim 1840–1916 · Inventor · 57d Hatton Garden, EC1
• Horace Short 1872–1917 · Aviation pioneer · Arch 75, Queen's Circus, Battersea Park, SW8 4ND · erected 2013
• Ida Mann 1902–1934 · Ophthalmologist · 13 Minster Road, NW2 3SE · erected 2012
• Innes Pearse 1889–1978 · Doctor - Bachelor of Medicine MBBS · 142 Queens Road, Peckham · erected 2009
• Isaac Newton 1642–1727 · Scientist · 87 Jermyn Street, Westminster, SW1 · erected 1908
• James Clark Ross 1800–1862 · Polar explorer · 2 Eliot Place, Blackheath, SE3 Lewisham · erected 1960
• James Glaisher 1809–1903 · Astronomer · 20 Dartmouth Hill, Lewisham · erected 1974
• James Henry Greathead 1885–1889 · Railway engineer · 3 St Mary’s Grove, Barnes, SW13
• James Robinson 1813–1862 · Pioneer of anaesthesia and dentistry · 14 Gower Street, Camden, WC1 · erected 1991
• James Smithson 1764–1829 · Scientist · 9 Bentinck Street, Westminster, W1 · erected 2008
• John Desmond Bernal 1901–1971 · Crystallographer · 44 Albert Street, Camden, NW1 · erected 2001
• John Hughlings Jackson 1835–1911 · Physician · 3 Manchester Square, Westminster, W1 · erected 1932
• John Innes 1829–1904 · Founder of the John Innes Horticultural Institute · Rutlish School, Manor House, Watery Lane, Merton · erected 1978
• John Lindley 1799–1865 · Botanist · Bedford House, The Avenue, W4 Ealing · erected 2005
• John Logie Baird 1888–1946 · Television pioneer · 3 Crescent Wood Road, Sydenham, SE26 Lewisham · erected 1977
• John Loudon 1783–1843 · Horticulturalist · 3 Porchester Terrace, Westminster, W2 · erected 1953
• John Lubbock 1834–1913 · Scientist · 29 Eaton Place, Westminster, SW1 · erected 1935
• John Rae 1812–1893 · Arctic explorer · 4 Lower Addison Gardens, Holland Park · erected 2011
• John Wolfe Barry 1836–1918 · Civil engineer · Delahay House, 15 Chelsea Embankment
• Jonathan Hutchinson 1828–1913 · Surgeon · 15 Cavendish Square, Westminster, W1 · erected 1981
• Joseph Aloysius Hansom 1803–1882 · Inventor of the hansom cab · 27 Sumner Place, Kensington and Chelsea, SW7 · erected 1980
• Joseph Banks 1743–1820 · Botanist · 32 Soho Square, Westminster, W1 · erected 1938
• Joseph Lister 1827–1912 · Surgeon · 52 Maple Street, Fitzrovia · erected 2024
• Joseph Priestley 1733–1804 · Scientist · 7-9 Chatham Place, Hackney (north wall) · erected 1985
• Joseph Toynbee 1815–1866 · Aural surgeon · Beech Holme, 49 Wimbledon Parkside, SW19 Merton · erected 2004
• Karl Pearson 1857–1936 · Pioneer statistician · 7 Well Road, Hampstead, Camden, NW3 · erected 1983
• Leonard Huxley 1860–1933 · Man of science · 16 Bracknell Gardens, Hampstead, Camden, NW3 · erected 1995
• Lilian Lindsay 1871–1960 · British woman dentist · 23 Russell Square
• Luke Howard 1772–1864 · Namer of clouds · 7 Bruce Grove, Tottenham, N17 Harringey · erected 2002
• Marc Isambard Brunel 1769–1849 · Civil engineer · 98 Cheyne Walk, Kensington and Chelsea, SW10 · erected 1954
• Margery Blackie 1898–1981 · Homoeopathic physician · 18 Thurloe Street, Kensington and Chelsea, SW7 · erected 2004
• Mary Kingsley 1862–1900 · Traveller · 22 Southwood Lane, N6 Haringey · erected 1975
• Michael Faraday Man of science · 48 Blandford Street, Westminster, W1 · erected 1876
• Mortimer Wheeler 1890–1976 · Archaeologist · 27 Whitcomb Street, Westminster, WC2 · erected 1993
• Nigel Gresley 1876–1941 · Locomotive engineer · West Offices, King’s Cross Station, NW1
• Norman Lockyer 1836–1920 · Astronomer · 16 Penywern Road, Kensington and Chelsea, SW5 · erected 2003
• Oliver Heaviside 1850–1925 · Electrical engineer · 123 Camden Street, Camden · erected 2022
• Patrick Blackett 1897–1974 · Physicist · 48 Paultons Square, Chelsea · erected 2016
• Patrick Manson 1844–1922 · Father of modern tropical medicine · 50 Welbeck Street, Westminster, W1 · erected 1985
• Peter Medawar 1915–1987 · Fellow of the Royal Society · 25 Downshire Hill, Hampstead · erected 2014
• Philip Henry Gosse 1810–1888 · Zoologist · 56 Mortimer Road, Hackney, N1
• R. E. B. Crompton 1845–1940 · Electrical engineer · Kensington Court, Kensington · erected 2000
• Richard Bright 1789–1858 · Physician · 11 Savile Row · erected 1979
• Richard Jefferies 1848–1887 · Naturalist · 59 Footscray Road · erected 1986
• Robert Falcon Scott 1868–1912 · Antarctic explorer · 56 Oakley Street, Kensington and Chelsea, SW3 · erected 1935
• Robert Fitzroy 1805–1865 · Hydrographer · 38 Onslow Square, Kensington and Chelsea, SW7 · erected 1981
• Robert Fortune 1812–1880 · Plant collector · 9 Gilston Road, Kensington and Chelsea, SW10 · erected 1998
• Robert Stephenson 1803–1859 · Engineer · 35 Gloucester Square · erected 1905
• Robert Willan 1757–1812 · Dermatologist · 10 Bloomsbury Square, Camden, WC1 · erected 1949
• Ronald Fisher 1890–1962 · Statistician · Inverforth House, North End Way, Camden, NW3 · erected 2002
• Ronald Ross 1857–1932 · Discoverer of the mosquito transmission of malaria · 18 Cavendish Square, Westminster, W1 · erected 1985
• Rosalind Franklin 1920–1958 · Pioneer of the study of molecular structures including DNA · Donovan Court, Drayton Gardens, Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea, SW10 · erected 1992
• Samuel Morse 1791–1872 · Inventor of the Morse Code · 141 Cleveland Street, Westminster · erected 1962
• Sigmund Freud 1856–1939 · Founder of Psychoanalysis · 20 Maresfield Gardens · erected 2002
• Stewart Duke-Elder 1898–1978 · Ophthalmologist · 63 Harley Street, Westminster, W1 · erected 2002
• Sydney Copeman 1862–1947 · Immunologist · 57 Redcliffe Gardens, Kensington and Chelsea, SW10 · erected 1996
• The Ayahs’ home 1900–1921 · 26 King Edward’s Road, Hackney · erected 2022
• Thomas Earnshaw 1749–1829 · Noted watch and chronometer maker · 119 High Holborn, Camden, WC1 · erected 1948
• Thomas Henry Huxley 1825–1895 · Biologist · 38 Marlborough Place · erected 1910
• Thomas Hodgkin 1798–1866 · Physician · 35 Bedford Square · erected 1985
• Thomas John Barnardo 1845–1905 · Doctor - Bachelor of Medicine MBBS · 32 Bow Road · erected 2016
• Thomas John Barnardo 1845–1905 · Doctor - Bachelor of Medicine MBBS · 58 Solent House, Ben Jonson Road, Tower Hamlets, E1 · erected 1953
• Thomas Sopwith 1888–1989 · Aviator · 46 Green Street, Mayfair, Westminster, W1 · erected 1998
• Thomas Young 1773–1829 · Man of science · 48 Welbeck Street, Westminster, W1 · erected 1951
• Tommy Flowers 1905–1998 · Designer of Colossus · Chartwell Court, 151 Brook Road, Dollis Hill · erected 2023
• William Bowman 1816–1892 · Ophthalmic surgeon · St Anthony’s School, Ivy House, 94-96 North End Road, Golders Green · erected 2019
• William Crookes 1832–1919 · Scientist · 7 Kensington Park Gardens, Notting Hill, W11 · erected 1967
• William Henry Barlow 1812–1902 · Engineer · 'High Combe', 145 Carlton Road, Charlton, SE7 Greenwich · erected 1991
• William Henry Hudson Naturalist · 40 St Luke's Road, Westbourne Park, W11 1DH · erected 1938
• William Hunter 1718–1783 · Anatomist · Lyric Theatre (rear portion), Great Windmill Street, Westminster, W1 · erected 1952
• William Jackson Hooker 1785–1865 · Creator of The Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew · 49 Kew Green, Kew · erected 2010
• William Lindley 1808–1900 · Civil engineer · 74 Shooters Hill, Blackheath, SE3 · erected 2015
• William Marsden 1796–1867 · Surgeon · 65 Lincoln's Inn Fields, Camden, WC2 · erected 1986
• William Ramsay 1852–1916 · Chemist · 12 Arundel Gardens, Notting Hill, W11 · erected 2011
• William Stanley 1829–1909 · Inventor · Stanley Halls, 12 South Norwood Hill · erected 1993