John Newlands blue plaque

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# 19 West Square, Kennington Standing before the elegant Victorian terrace at 19 West Square, you're looking at the very cradle of one of chemistry's greatest breakthroughs. John Newlands was born and raised within these walls in 1837, and it was during his formative years in Kennington—a neighbour...

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19 West Square, Kennington, SE11

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J. A. R. Newlands 1837-1898 chemist and discoverer of the Periodic Law for the chemical elements was born and raised here