William Gilbert Coat-of-Arms - Bridge Street, Cambridge, UK
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This relief, that appears to be to William Gilbert and is probably his coat-of-arms, is carved in stone and is located on the south west side of Bridge Street on the end wall of a building of St John's College.
Waymark Code: WMQQ08
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/16/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Dorcadion Team
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The sculpture is carved from stone and is attached to a brick wall. Some brickwork is used to good effect behind the sculpture. At the base of the stonework is the inscription "William Gilbert" so it is assumed that the sculpture depicts his coat-of-arms.

Wikipedia has an article about William Gilbert that tells us:

William Gilbert (24 May 1544 – 30 November 1603), also known as Gilberd, was an English physician, physicist and natural philosopher. He passionately rejected both the prevailing Aristotelian philosophy and the Scholastic method of university teaching. He is remembered today largely for his book De Magnete (1600), and is credited as one of the originators of the term "electricity". He is regarded by some as the father of electrical engineering or electricity and magnetism.

While today he is generally referred to as William Gilbert, he also went under the name of William Gilberd. The latter was used in both his and his father's epitaphs, in the records of the town of Colchester, in the Biographical Memoir that appears in De Magnete, and in the name of The Gilberd School in Colchester.

A unit of magnetomotive force, also known as magnetic potential, was named the Gilbert in his honour.

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Date Sculpture was opened for vewing?: 01/01/1939

Website for sculpture?: [Web Link]

Where is this sculpture?:
St John's College
Bridge Street
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom

Sculptors Name: Vernon Hill
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