UK National Chemical Landmarks
To date the RSC has dedicated the following National Chemical Landmarks. Ceremonies were held on the dates shown and a plaque was presented.
22 September 2008, AstraZeneca, Alderley Park
French Ambassador's Residence, London
25 June 2008. To commemorate the 200th anniversary of the award of the Napoleon medal to English chemist, Humphry Davy.
John Snow Public House, London
16 June 2008. To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the death of Dr John Snow who linked deaths in the London cholera outbreak to the water pump in Broad Street.
Jealott's Hill International Research Centre
23 November 2007. In recognition of the pioneering work carried out by scientists at Jealott's Hill since 1928 which led to global developments in agriculture.
Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford
24 September 2007. For its contribution to science research and in particular for the work of H G J Moseley who established the concept of the atomic number.
John Dalton Cottage, Eaglesfield, Cumbria
7 June 2007. Birthplace of John Dalton who revolutionised Chemistry through his Atomic Theory published in 1803.
Imperial College London Centenary Anniversary
3 May 2007. To celebrate the centenary of Imperial College London and the work of two Nobel Laureates, Professor Sir Derek Barton and Professor Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson.
19 October 2006 Middlesex, Greenford & Sudbury to commemorate site of Perkin's dyestuff factory and the Neighbourhood Centre established by Perkin for local community
Hexagon site - over 200 years of dyestuffs production and development
31 July 2006, Hexagon Site, Blackley, Manchester
The work of Lord Alexander Todd on dinucleotide synthesis
9 December 2005, University of Cambridge
50 years of Liquid Crystal research
7 November 2005, University of Hull
Centenary anniversary in 2004 of Sir William Ramsay's Nobel prize
10 December 2004, University College London
4 November 2004, Winnington Hall, Northwich, Cheshire
24 September 2004, University of Oxford
A centenary of silicone chemistry
17 March 2004, University of Nottingham
The work of Bragg and Bragg in X-ray Crystal Structure Analysis
1 July 2003, University of Leeds
Site of the Royal College of Chemistry
22 May 2003, Oxford Street, London
1 May 2003, King's College London
The work of Sir Alec Jeffreys on DNA fingerprinting
12 September 2002, University of Leicester
Research and development of explosives and propellants over 300 years
17 April 2002, Royal Gunpowder Mills, Waltham Abbey
The work of nobel-prize winning scientists Archer Martin and Richard Synge
23 November 2001, Bass Brewers, Leeds
The work of Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin on X-ray crystallography
14 May 2001, University of Oxford
21 March 2001, Johnson Matthey Technology Centre, Berkshire
