Henry Morris (1889 - 1961)

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70 Years of Wandlebury Country Park!

Wandlebury Country Park is Celebrating 70 years. In April 1954 Cambridge PPF acquired the Wandlebury Estate
Digging up the Past at Wandlebury

Fun for all the family at our archaeology open days with teams from the Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge and Cambridge Archaeological Unit
A Vision for Coton Reserve

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Sir Frank Whittle (1907 - 1996)

He was a jet propulsion pioneer, pursuing the development of his jet engine at the Cambridge University Department of Engineering. Location: Cambridge University Engineering Department, Trumpington St, Cambridge, CB2 1QA
Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889 - 1951)

He was a philosopher, engineer, architect, and artist; he lived here at 76 Storey's Way. 'Do not agree with me in particular opinions but investigate the matter in the right way. To notice the interesting things ... that serve as keys if you use them properly.' Location: 76 Storey's Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DX
William Wilkins (1778 - 1839)

He was an architect. He designed Downing College and the stone screen at King's College, known as the Wilkins' screen. On the site stood his home, Lensfield, which he designed and built. Location: 44 Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EH
Elsie Widdowson (1906 - 2000)

She was a pioneer nutrition scientist who developed and tested wartime rations with bread made in the bakery in the village of Barrington where she lived. Location of plaque: 55 High Street, Barrington (next to the village shop).
Alan Turing (1912 - 1954)

He was a mathematician, computer pioneer and code breaker. Some of his best-known work was carried out during the Second World War, when he worked for the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park. Location: 58 Trumpington St, Cambridge, CB2 1RH
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852 - 1924)

He was a composer, organist, and conductor. In 1887 he was appointed professor of music at Cambridge University, and lived in Harvey Road from 1884 to 1893. Location: 10 Harvey Road, Cambridge, CB1 2ET
Birthplace of the Reformation

Site of the White Horse Inn, also known as 'Little Germany', where Cambridge scholars debated the works of Martin Luther in the early sixteenth century. The Inn at Trumpington St was the birthplace of The English Reformation. Location: King's Parade, Cambridge, CB2 1SJ
Gwen Raverat (1885 - 1957)

She was an artist, illustrator, wood engraver, and at the age of 62, started to write her classic childhood memoir 'Period Piece: A Cambridge Childhood'. She was the granddaughter of the naturalist Charles Darwin, and was born and died here at Newham Grange, the Darwin family home, now part of Darwin College. Location: Darwin College, Cambridge, CB3 9EU
Clara Dorothea Rackham (1875-1966)

Campaigner for adult and child education. A suffragist, magistrate and penal reformer. Founder of the Cambridge Cooperative Women's Guild. A City and County Councillor. Plaque located at 9 Park Terrace Cambridge, where she lived.
Enid Porter (1909 - 1984)

She was the curator of the Cambridge & County Folk museum from 1947 to 1976, and a leading authority on Cambridgeshire culture, history, customs, stories and beliefs, and a pioneer of oral history. She said of the museum: 'It is the intimacy of it that I like, relating the objects to the role they played in people's lives and the customs they have played a part in'. Location: 1 Northampton St, Cambridge, CB3 0AD