All yours Bodbo. Just to clear up the clues - he was born in Norfolk (like Canary Dave), spent mst of the 1790s in France and had received French citizenship on account of his 'Rights of Man' being so influentual there. As representative for Pas de Calais he was elected for the national convention despite not speaking the language - all his speeches were translated. He contributed to the Girondin constitution. It is thought he later wrote part of the American declaration of Independence (where he spent the rest of his life and had citizenship. In the rights of man he formulated a reasoning for an unconditional citizens income based on disinheritance at birth of every citizen, to be paid solely through land tax. Over to you.
I have 2 questions. Both along the lines of the previous couple i.e. the names of people. As one of them is possibly subjective, and might be disputed, I'll provide both. Answer either one . Answer both and I'll meet you for a beer next season. 1) The story of the clarity of the celebrated London Underground map and its author is well known. However , in my opinion, its effectiveness is as a result of a significant development created by someone else. What development, and whose idea. Easy really. 2) A Methodist minister postulated a ( mathematical) theorem used today in finance, medicine and other disciplines. Who and what ? ( It does suggest that ministers of religion had less to do then than they do now, but that is another matter altogether !)
Tim Demuth of the London Transport publicity office and was jointly sponsored by British Rail and London Transport. Demuth's map did not replace the standard Tube map but continued to be published as a supplementary resource, later known as the "London Connections" map.[18]
Yes . Tim Demuth was born in 1942. The person and idea preceded the first edition of the famous 'iconic' version.
please log in to view this image I see the wunderground map of Macdonald Gill... which kept all the streets etc
Was it Gill who removed the river Thames?... and then it was put back later........ or that originally the map did not cover Watford?
The map I am thinking of did have the Thames , and didn't have Watford, but the omission of Watford , whilst perhaps significant to some people (!) , is nothing to do with my thinking. Not Gill either.
Sorry for the delay - been out on my bike. Again , Hutchison's modifications , interesting ,but really tranformative, occurred much later than Beck's. The significnat change I'm thinking of preceded Beck. Incidentally, Hutchison 'sacked' Beck . Beck was freelance but was treated shabbily.
Seems like this one has died a death. The answer is F H Stringemore, who produce the FIRST Underground map which removed all the STREETS. This enable him to adjust the distances between stations, to some degree , but also made it much clearer. Beck then refined this with his geometrical shape. Anyway, well done MUSTY FROG. Over to you.
You enter a room. 2 dogs, 4 horses 1 giraffe and a duck are lying on the bed. 3 chickens are flying over a chair. How many legs are on the ground?
