Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi,1st Marquis of Marconi was an Italian inventor and electrical engineer,known for his creation of a practical radio wave–based wireless telegraph system. This led to Marconi being credited as the inventor of radio,and he shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Karl Ferdinand Braun "in recognition of their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy".
Sir John Ambrose Fleming FRS was an English electrical engineer and physicist who invented the first thermionic valve or vacuum tube,designed the radio transmitter with which the first transatlantic radio transmission was made,and also established the right-hand rule used in physics.
Bath is a city in the ceremonial county of Somerset,England,known for and named after its Roman-built baths. At the 2021 Census,the population was 94,092. Bath is in the valley of the River Avon,97 miles (156 km) west of London and 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Bristol. The city became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987,and was later added to the transnational World Heritage Site known as the "Great Spa Towns of Europe" in 2021. Bath is also the largest city and settlement in Somerset.
Roald Dahl was a British author of popular children's literature and short stories,a poet,screenwriter and a wartime fighter ace. His books have sold more than 300 million copies worldwide. Dahl has been called "one of the greatest storytellers for children of the 20th century".
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 1964 children's novel by British author Roald Dahl. The story features the adventures of young Charlie Bucket inside the chocolate factory of eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka.
Sophie Dahl is an English author and former fashion model. Her first novel,The Man with the Dancing Eyes,was published in 2003 followed by Playing With the Grown-ups in 2007. In 2009,she wrote Miss Dahl's Voluptuous Delights,a cookery book which formed the basis for a six-part BBC Two series named The Delicious Miss Dahl. In 2011,she published her second cookery book From Season to Season. Her first children's book,Madame Badobedah,was released in 2019. She is the daughter of Tessa Dahl and Julian Holloway and the granddaughter of author Roald Dahl,actress Patricia Neal,and actor Stanley Holloway.
Guildhall is a municipal building in the Moorgate area of the City of London,England. It is off Gresham and Basinghall streets,in the wards of Bassishaw and Cheap. The current building dates from the 15th century;however documentary evidence suggests that a guildhall had existed at the site since at least the early 12th century. The building has been used as a town hall for several hundred years,and is still the ceremonial and administrative centre of the City of London and its Corporation. It should not be confused with London's City Hall,the administrative centre for Greater London. The term "Guildhall" refers both to the whole building and to its main room,which is a medieval great hall. It is a Grade I-listed building.
Bath Spa University is a public university in Bath,England,with its main campus at Newton Park,about 3+1⁄2 miles (5.6 km) west of the centre of the city. The university has other campuses in the city of Bath,and one at Corsham Court in Wiltshire.
Gavin Turk is a British artist from Guildford in Surrey,and was considered to be one of the Young British Artists. Turk's oeuvre deals with issues of authenticity and identity,engaged with modernist and avant-garde debates surrounding the 'myth' of the artist and the 'authorship' of a work of art.
PK Porthcurno is a museum located in the small coastal village of Porthcurno Cornwall,UK. Porthcurno was the point at which many submarine telegraph cables—transatlantic and to other locations—came ashore. The first cables were direct current impulse transmitters. The first cables with transistor amplifiers were laid in the 1950s.
Bath Spa railway station is the principal station serving the city of Bath in Somerset,England. It is on the Great Western Main Line,106 miles 71 chains down the line from the zero point at London Paddington between Chippenham to the east and Oldfield Park to the west. It is the busiest station in Somerset,and the second busiest station in South West England after Bristol Temple Meads.
Bath School of Art and Design is an art college in Bath,England,now known separately as the Bath School of Art and the Bath School of Design. It forms part of the Bath Spa University whose main campus is located a few miles from the City at Newton Park,between Newton St Loe and Corston,in North Somerset,just outside the city of Bath. Bath School of Art is based at the new,award-winning Locksbrook Campus,on the river Avon,in the west of the city. Bath School of Design is spread across Locksbrook and Sion Hill Campuses. The present Heads of School are Dan Allen and Kerry Curtis.
Dan Hicks,is a British archaeologist and anthropologist. He is Professor of Contemporary Archaeology at the University of Oxford,Curator at the Pitt Rivers Museum,and a Fellow of St Cross College,Oxford. His research is focused on contemporary archaeology,material culture studies,historical archaeology,colonial history,heritage studies,and the history of art,archaeology,anthropology,and museum collections.
Roald Dahl Plass is a public space in Cardiff Bay,Cardiff,Wales. It is named after Cardiff-born author Roald Dahl,and is located on the coast along the south of the city centre. The square is home to the Senedd building housing the Senedd,the Welsh parliament,and the Wales Millennium Centre,a performing arts centre. The bowl-like shape of the space has made it a popular amphitheatre for hosting open-air concerts.
The Norwegian Church Arts Centre is a point of cultural and historical interest located in Cardiff Bay,Wales. It was a Lutheran Church,consecrated in 1868. Under the patronage of The Norwegian Seamen's Mission it provided home comforts,communication with family and a place of worship for Scandinavian sailors and the Norwegian community in Cardiff for over a hundred years.
The buildings and architecture of Bath,a city in Somerset in the south west of England,reveal significant examples of the architecture of England,from the Roman Baths,to the present day. The city became a World Heritage Site in 1987,largely because of its architectural history and the way in which the city landscape draws together public and private buildings and spaces. The many examples of Palladian architecture are purposefully integrated with the urban spaces to provide "picturesque aestheticism". In 2021,the city was added to a second World Heritage Site,a group of historic spa towns across Europe known as the "Great Spas of Europe". Bath is the only entire city in Britain to achieve World Heritage status,and is a popular tourist destination.
The Novium is a museum in Chichester,West Sussex,southern England. The name comes from the Roman name for the city,Noviomagus Reginorum.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bath,Somerset,England.
The visible remains of an amphitheatre constructed during Roman London lie beneath Guildhall Yard in the City of London. Some of these remains are displayed in situ in a room in the basement of the Guildhall Art Gallery complex. Discovered in 1988,the site is now a scheduled monument.
Donald 'Don' Henson was a British archaeologist and prehistorian,specialising in public archaeology.
