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Farrells

  • Corporate body
  • 1980-

An architecture and urban design firm founded by British architect-planner Terry Farrell with offices in London, Manchester, Hong Kong, and Shanghai.
The firm has operated under the following names:
1980 – 1987 Terry Farrell and Partners
1987 – 1988 Terry Farrell Partnership
1988 – 1997 Terry Farrell and Company
1991 – 2012 TFP Farrells (the incorporated name for the Hong Kong office)
2012 – present Farrells

Law, William, 1836-1901

  • Person
  • 1836-1901

William Law (1836-1901) was a Rochdale mill owner who accumulated an exceptional library of English and Scottish manuscripts and books.

Haverfield, Eleanor Luisa, 1870-1945, writer

  • Person
  • 1870-1945

Born in Callander, Scotland, Eleanor Luisa Haverfield wrote fiction for young adults. She is also said to have been a talented artist and wood carver. She took a great interest in village activities during a long residence in Peaslake, Surrey, where she died, age 74.

Wyllie, Peter John, 1930-, physicist and academic

  • Person
  • 1930-

Peter John Wyllie is a retired petrologist, author and explorer. Born in 1930 in London, Wyllie studied at St Andrews University where he gained a degree in Physics and Geology in 1952. Following this he joined the British North Greenland Expedition as a geologist. The expedition was a pioneering British-led 2 year scientific expedition to the North Greenland Ice Sheet. The expedition sought to conduct research in many areas including geology, seismology, meteorology, gravimetry, physiology and the logistics of operating in a polar climate for prolonged periods.

Following the expedition Wyllie gained a PHD in geology and went on to have a successful academic career in the field. Emigrating to the United States in the late 1950s he was appointed professor of geology at California Institute of Technology in 1983, a position which he held until his retirement in 1999. During his career as an academic Wyllie made notable contributions to research in the field of petrology and authored 2 textbooks in the fields of plate tectonics and magmatism.

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