THEME Science, engineering and innovation
Marie Curie Nobel Prize 1911 for Chemistry
A second Nobel Prize for Marie?
Read MoreMarie Curie Born in Warsaw 1867
Marie Curie born in 1867
Read MoreMarie Curie 1908 Professor
First ever, female professor at the Sorbonne 1908, two Nobel Prizes, in chemistry and physics
Read MoreMarie Curie 1903
Marie Curie presents her doctoral paper on the discovery of Radium.
Read MoreThe plight of sick children 1843
The lack of hospital care for children in 1843
Read MoreGreat Ormond Street Hospital 1852
The plight of sick children in the early C19th
Read MoreFirst Contagious Disease Act 1864 Why was it important and who was Josephine Butler?
Social crusade against the state regulation of vice in the 19th Century and founding principles of feminist campaigning…Josephine Butler Grey led the way born 1828 died 1906
Read MoreHealth of the population 1904
In 1904, the Interdepartmental Committee on Physical Deterioration, wrote a report to look at the overall health of the UK population, particularly in respect of nutrition. The report was written following a document from the Director General of the Army Medical Services, in which he states his concern, that recruitment for troops for the Boer…
Read MoreDoppler Effect Discovered 1842
In 1842, Austrian Christian Doppler reveals his discovery that the frequency of waves emitted by a moving source changes when the source moves relative to the observer. This called the Doppler Effect.
Read MoreCholera District of Bermondsey 1849
Cholera outbreak London 1849
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