There are plans in place for a commemorative blue plaque at Woodlane Campus to identify it as a residence of Robert Were Fox.

Fox was a British geologist and inventor.

He was born in Falmouth in 1789 and lived there (and in the immediate surroundings) all his life. Rosehill in Falmouth was one of his main homes, the other being Penjerrick.

The supporting document from Falmouth Civic Society reads:

"In 1833, he and his daughters Anna Maria and Caroline founded the Cornwall Polytechnic Society to stimulate the ingenuity of the young, to promote industrious habits among the working classes, and to elicit the inventive powers of the community at large. The 'Poly' is still active today promoting innovation in the arts and sciences, with particular focus on the county of Cornwall.

"His earliest experiments were in the elasticity of high-pressure steam, to improve the steam engines used to pump out the mines. In 1815, he began taking precisely calibrated measurements in Cornwall's deep mines to investigate the internal temperature of the earth. He was the first person to prove that heat increased with depth, but also that the rate of increase slowed with depth. This is known as the geothermal gradient.

"The plaque will be erected on the original house built for him which, despite now being used by Falmouth University, retains most of its original features."