John completed his doctorate in nuclear physics at King’s College London. He spent his career with the Ministry of Defence, managing equipment projects for the Royal Navy, Army and RAF. After retirement he co-founded a small company involving multimodal logistics. He is a founder member of the Thomas Fowell Buxton Society.
THE Buxton Memorial Fountain stands in Victoria Tower Gardens, adjacent to the Houses of Parliament. It commemorates the abolition of slavery, brought about by...