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9 matches to Aston
Aldermaston March. 1958-64. Annual ‘Ban the Bomb’ demonstration of CND.
Aston, Francis. 1877-1945. English physicist. Mass spectrograph.
British Museum. World’s largest museum. Building 1823-52. Founded 1753 from Sloane Collection legacy. Elgin Marbles. Rosetta Stone.
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. CND. 1958- Founded by Russell. Aldermaston Marches. The
peace symbol, overlaid semaphore ND, was designed for the CND.
Champollion, Jean. 1790-1832. French. Deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphics. Rosetta Stone.
Doumergue, Gaston. 1863-1937. French Prime Minister 1910-11, President 1924-31. Instability.
Hieroglyphics. c3400BC-500. Egyptian picture writing system. Rosetta Stone.
Orléans, Gaston, duc d’. 1608-60. French prince vs Richelieu. Exiled 1632-2. Led Fronde.
Rosetta Stone. 196BC Multilingual stone used by Champollion to decipher hieroglyphics 1821.