Sir Rowland Hill, KCB, FRS Claimed

Sir Rowland Hill, KCB, FRS was born in Blackwell St, Kidderminster on 3 December 1795. He was an English teacher, inventor and social reformer. At the age of 12, Rowland became a student-teacher in his father's school. He taught astronomy and earned extra money fixing scientific instruments. He also worked at the Assay Office in Birmingham and painted landscapes in his spare time.

He established the penny postage in 1840 with ‘The Penny Black’ the first postage stamp.

He died 27 August 1879 at Hampstead in London and is buried in Westminster Abbey; there is a memorial to him on his family grave in Highgate Cemetery.