Edward Joseph Lowe was a Victorian botanist, astronomer and founder member of the Royal Metorological Society.
The eminent scientist was born in Nottingham and had this house called Broadgate House built in the 1850s in Beeston. He also used it as an observatory.
The house presently belongs to the University of Nottingham. It's just a shame that they have let such an important local building going into such a bad state of repair. Now that there is a blue plaque mounted on the wall highlighting the site, perhaps some funding will be found to get it back into it's former glory.
The latin inscription: through hardship to the stars.
Neat post my friend.
ReplyDeleteI guess one day there will be no old buildings anywhere to be seen. As cars fly thru the sky -folk stand on moving walkways - ect
Those guys were quite multi-specialists, weren't they? I like the idea of having a vast knowledge about a wide range of subjects... :) Which is not really my case...
ReplyDeleteGod bless you!
Cezar