Feckers who gave their name to stuff......

Biro - László Bíró invented the first commercially successful modern ballpoint pen in the 1930s, improving on earlier, unsuccessful designs. His pen became widely adopted during WWII and later mass‑produced globally.

Sandwich - 4th Earl of Sandwich first came up with the idea of putting meat between a couple of slices of bread. Tasty!

Ricketts or Rickettsiosis - There are loads of medical conditions named after someone, but this is a common example. In 1906, Howard Taylor Ricketts discovered that the bacteria that causes Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever is carried by a tick. He injected himself with the pathogen.
 
Palace Old Geezer said:
Biro - László Bíró invented the first commercially successful modern ballpoint pen in the 1930s, improving on earlier, unsuccessful designs. His pen became widely adopted during WWII and later mass‑produced globally.

Sandwich - 4th Earl of Sandwich first came up with the idea of putting meat between a couple of slices of bread. Tasty!

Ricketts or Rickettsiosis - There are loads of medical conditions named after someone, but this is a common example. In 1906, Howard Taylor Ricketts discovered that the bacteria that causes Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever is carried by a tick. He injected himself with the pathogen.
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Hmm, really?
 
silvertop said:
Hmm, really?
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Surely you're not questioning the Sandwich origin silvertop? Here's the story as I've always understood it:

The story goes like so: the 4th Earl was a keen gambler who often engaged in marathon sessions at the gaming table. One night, during an especially long sitting, he became so engrossed that he couldn’t bear to drag himself away to eat; his servant would have to bring food to him. But the gambling table was no place for refined Georgian table settings – Sandwich sought quick handheld sustenance that wouldn’t distract him from the action.

In that moment the Earl of Sandwich had a brainwave and called on his servant to bring him two slices of bread with a slice of beef in between. It was a solution that would allow him to eat with one hand while holding his cards with the other. The game could continue with barely a stoppage and the cards would remain pleasingly untainted by grease.

The Earl’s innovative handheld dining solution would almost certainly have been regarded as a bracingly gauche display in Georgian high society, but his gambling buddies were apparently impressed enough to follow his lead and request “the same as Sandwich”.
 
Palace Old Geezer said:
Surely you're not questioning the Sandwich origin silvertop? Here's the story as I've always understood it:

The story goes like so: the 4th Earl was a keen gambler who often engaged in marathon sessions at the gaming table. One night, during an especially long sitting, he became so engrossed that he couldn’t bear to drag himself away to eat; his servant would have to bring food to him. But the gambling table was no place for refined Georgian table settings – Sandwich sought quick handheld sustenance that wouldn’t distract him from the action.

In that moment the Earl of Sandwich had a brainwave and called on his servant to bring him two slices of bread with a slice of beef in between. It was a solution that would allow him to eat with one hand while holding his cards with the other. The game could continue with barely a stoppage and the cards would remain pleasingly untainted by grease.

The Earl’s innovative handheld dining solution would almost certainly have been regarded as a bracingly gauche display in Georgian high society, but his gambling buddies were apparently impressed enough to follow his lead and request “the same as Sandwich”.
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Oh yes I see. I am wholly persuaded.

Noone from the lower orders had ever thought of sticking a piece of meat between two slices of bread.
 
silvertop said:
Oh yes I see. I am wholly persuaded.

Noone from the lower orders had ever thought of sticking a piece of meat between two slices of bread.
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mankind had bread for 6,000 years. And until recently, nobody ever combined it together with other stuff ? Not in the Middle East, nor Italy. Until Lord Sandwich came along.

Its a bit like 'the Missionary Position' didnt get invented until Christian Brothers took offense to all the natives doing it doggy style.
 
Alas the late Bonny Tyler. Not related to the fictitious Tyler Durden, but possibly to the leader of the 1381 Peasants Revolt - Wat Tyler. Named after the trade-profession of working with tiles. Tyler came a cropper when he met the King. Done in by a nasty aggressive Mayor of London.

The link below is the French equivalent of Buckingham Palace. Named after a Tile factory.

en.wikipedia.org

Tuileries Palace - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org
 
PalazioVecchio said:
Alas the late Bonny Tyler. Not related to the fictitious Tyler Durden, but possibly to the leader of the 1381 Peasants Revolt - Wat Tyler. Named after the trade-profession of working with tiles. Tyler came a cropper when he met the King. Done in by a nasty aggressive Mayor of London.

The link below is the French equivalent of Buckingham Palace. Named after a Tile factory.

en.wikipedia.org

Tuileries Palace - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org
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Probably not since her real name was Sullivan.
Bloomers were named after a women's rights activist called Amelia Bloomer who popularised them. For a while until everybody snapped out of it and chose something a bit more alluring.
 
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