Thu 18 Sep 25
From 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM. Members free. Free Entry for guests for up to 3 meetings
The Humfrey Rooms, 10 Castillian Terrace, Northampton NN1 1LD
BEEBY THOMPSON - NORTHAMPTON’S GREATEST SCIENTIST? Beeby Thompson was a founder member of the Natural History Society, Curator of Geology at Northampton Museum and the first Principal of the College of Science and the Arts in Abington Square. How did this tailor’s son from Creaton end up prospecting for oil in Angola, Brazil, Peru and Jamaica? Bob Purser will recount Beeby Thompson's journey from the Roade cutting to Joe’s River Clay in Barbados...
