By Diana Bevan The veterinary practice in Queen Street, Newcastle, was established there in 1813 by Thomas Mayer (1764-1835) and his son, also Thomas, born 1791. The sons of the younger Thomas also became vets. They were Thomas Walton Mayer and John Smith Mayer. In 1835, when Thomas Mayer senior died, his grandson Thomas [...]
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THE BLUE PLAQUE SCHEME UPDATE February 2009
Posted in Plaques, tagged Charles Darwin, Emma Wedgwood, Fanny Deakin, Henry Faulds, Thomas Mayer on February 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
On Saturday 17th January members of the Fingerprint Society were in Newcastle to visit the home and grave of Dr Henry Faulds in Wolstanton and tour the Dr Henry Faulds Forensic Science Laboratory at Keele University. Dr Henry Faulds (1843 – 1930) was a medical missionary and pioneer in the science of fingerprint identification. He [...]
