Michael Faraday (1791-1867)
Michael Faraday (Plaque)
Michael Faraday, a pioneer of electromagnetism.

 





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Michael Faraday

 Read about the work of Michael Faraday on the Royal Institution site.

Elder of the Sandemanians

Faraday was an Elder of the Sandemanians and prayed in a chapel which was later extensively rebuilt (circa 1906) to become a telephone exchange.

North Holloway Exchange
North Holloway ATE
North Holloway ATE, the converted chapel of the Sandemanians.




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North Holloway Exchange, Faraday Close was built on the site of the chapel in which Michael Faraday was churchwarden. There is a plaque in the exchange marking the spot where Faraday used to pray and it is said that his ghost haunts the building at midnight and often caused prompt alarms on the Strowger equipment closest to the plaque. Maintenance man Alan Allder who worked in the exchange for 22 years, until its replacement by System Y in 1991, was always wary of entering the building around midnight because on several occasions he'd seen the figure of a bearded man in a black coat and top hat standing close by.

The Plaque

See photo, top of page.

"Erected by the staff of the National Telephone Company Limited, to commemorate the fact that Michael Faraday used to worship here from 1862 till the date of his death in 1867. From 1862 to 1899 this building was the Meeting House of the Sandemanians, of which Michael Faraday was an Elder. This plate marks the position which he usually occupied on the platform. The position of his pew is indicated by a plate on the floor. Unveiled by the Right Hon. Lord Kelvin 24th November 1906."

See London Remembers for more info about the Chapel and Plaques.


Faraday Building

Named after Michael Faraday

See Faraday Building pages for more info.

Faraday Building - London's Great Exchange
London May 11

"Sir Kingsley Wood said at the opening ceremony that in naming the new exchange Faraday Building, the Post Office had paid a tribute to the memory of one of the greatest pioneers in the history of scientific development, for it was largely to the fundamental discoveries of (Michael) Faraday that electric lighting and power, telegraphy, telephony, and radio on the electric side could be traced."

[Source: The Sydney Morning Herald Saturday 10th June 1933]
 

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