Hertfordshire’s scientists have included some known for their outstanding scientific, enquiring and inventive minds, and others more for their eccentricity!
'The Canal Duke'
plan of Bridgewater Canal, c1780
Sir John Bennet Lawes
Pioneer of Rothamsted Experimental Station
Smallpox inoculation
Sir Thomas Dimsdale (1712-1800)
The Great Exhibition 1851
Hertfordshire's contribution