As well as having some of the specimens Darwin collected, The Manchester Museum was opened by The University of Manchester (formerly Owens College), following advice from the scientist T.H. Huxley.
The Museum building was designed by Alfred Waterhouse (who also designed the Natural History Museum in London) and reflects Charles Darwin’s evolutionary principles.
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Alan Turing, pioneer of computer science, lived and died here.
On 8 June 1954, Turing’s cleaner found him dead; he had died the previous day.
A post-mortem examination established that the cause of death was cyanide poisoning. An inquest determined that he had committed suicide, and he was cremated at Woking crematorium on 12 June 1954.
To mark [...]
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The Ullet Road Unitarian Chapel is known as the English ‘cathedral of Unitarianism’. It was built between 1896 and 1898 to a design by the Unitarian architect Thomas Worthington (1826-1909) and his son Percy.
Although founded as a non-conformist Christian faith, Unitarianism has historically been characterised by a rationalist and individualist approach to spirituality, which encompasses [...]
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A sculptural tribute to atheist printer John Baskerville.
On the columns of Portland Stone are reversed bronze letters spelling ‘Virgil’, the Roman poet whose works were printed by Baskerville in the famous typeface that bears his name, in 1757.
The name ‘Industry and Genius’ is taken from a poem praising the printer which was published in 1751 in [...]
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