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1807-1868, active 1837-1868, optician, optical instrument maker (telescopes), English; British

Cooke, Thomas

1807 - 1868
1839-1897, optical instrument maker, German-born; British

Hilger, Adam

1839 - 1897
active 1790-1820, mathematical, philosophical, nautical & optical instrument makers, Paris, France

Jecker, Francoise-Antoine

1765 - 1834
1821-1885, astronomer; astrophysicist; optical instrument maker, Polish

Prazmowski, Adam Jozef Ignacy

1821 - 1885
1857-1969, optical instrument makers (microscope), London, England

James Swift and Son Limited

1857 - 1969
active 1724-1747, optical instrument maker, English; British

Loft, Matthew

1697 - 1747
1682-1744, natural philosopher; optical instrument maker; mathematician, British; English

Hadley, John

1682 - 1744
1770-1841, active 1804-1841, optician and optical instrument maker, French

Chevalier, Vincent Jacques Louis

1770 - 1841
1711-1756, optical instrument maker, German (Prussian)

Mittsdorfer, Johan Georg

1711 - 1756
active 1779-1840, optical instrument maker, French

Lerebours, Nöel Jean

1761 - 1840
active c. 1894-1968, optical instrument maker, London, England

R and J Beck Limited

1867 - 1968
active 1849-1886, optician, optical designer & optical instrument maker, French

Duboscq, Jules

1817 - 1886
active 1868-1968, optical instrument maker; clock maker, Manchester, England

Thomas Armstrong and Brother

1868 - 1968
active 1948-1969, optical instrument maker (spectroscopes etc.), London, England

Hilger and Watts Limited

1948 - 1969
1635-1715, optician (lens maker) and astronomer, Italian

Campani, Giuseppe

1635 - 1715
1695-1766, active 1720-1750, mathematical, philosophical, optical instrument maker, London, England

Cole, Benjamin

1695 - 1766
active 1740-1760, optician, optical instrument maker, Italian

Burlini, Biasio

1709 - 1771
1793-1860, active 1821-1826, optical & mathematical instrument maker, English; British

Simms, William

1793 - 1860
1768-1816, active 1789-1816, mathematical, optical and philosophical instrument maker, English

Barnett, Thomas

1768 - 1816
active 1830/31-1925, optical instrument maker, English; British

Browning, John

1830 - 1925
active 1832-1859 , optician and optical instrument maker, French

Chevalier, Charles Louis

1804 - 1859
active 1874-1902, optical instrument maker (spectroscopes etc.), British (naturalised); German

Hilger, Otto

1850 - 1902
active 1835-1875, optical, nautical & mathematical instrument maker, London, England

Hughes, Henry

1835 - 1875
active, 1812-1856, optical, mathematical, philosophical & nautical inst. maker & optician, British

Newman, John Frederick

1783 - 1860
active 1868-1909/14, optical & mathematical instrument maker, Irish; British

Grubb, Sir Howard

1844 - 1931
1771-1831, mechanical engineer, tool maker & inventor; patentee English; British

Maudslay, Henry

1771 - 1831
1859-1897, optical, mathematical & philosophical instrument maker, London, England, British

Ross and Company

1859 - 1897
1897-1948, optical, mathematical & philosophical instrument maker, London, England

Ross Limited

1897 - 1948
active 1904-1948, optical instrument maker (spectroscopes etc.), London, England

Adam Hilger Limited

1904 - 1945
1869-1986/7, optical instrument maker (microscope & cameras - Leica), Germany

E Leitz

1869 - 1987
active 1818-1856, optician, optical, mathematical & philosophical instrument maker, London, England

Watkins & Hill

1818 - 1856
1807-1873, active 1840-1845, optician; daguerreotypist; optical instrument maker, French

Lerebours, Nöel Marie Paymal

1807 - 1873
active 1858-1883, optical instrument maker (microscopes & telescopes), American

Tolles, Robert B

1822 - 1883
1794-1868, microscope and optical instrument maker, Austrian

Plössl, Georg Simon

1794 - 1868
active 1796-1831, optician, optical & mathematical instrument maker, English; British

Bancks, Robert

1796 - 1831
1710-1768, active 1734-1768, optical instrument maker, British; Scottish

Short, James

1710 - 1768
active 1841-1845, optician, optical, mathematical & philosophical instr. maker, Manchester, England

Abraham and Dancer

1841 - 1845
active 1820-1852, optician; optical, mathematical, astronomical & philosophical instrument maker

Dollond, George

1774 - 1852
1731-1820, active from 1750, optical instrument maker, scientific instrument maker, British

Dollond, Peter

1731 - 1820
1704-1782, active 1738-1777, science lecturer, philosophical, mathematical & optical instrument maker, Chichester, Sussex; London, England, British

Martin, Benjamin

1705 - 1782
active 1851-1906, optical instrument maker (microscopes), English; British

Powell, Thomas Hugh

1834 - 1925
1806-1881, optical instrument maker (microscopes), German

Nobert, Friedrich Adolph

1806 - 1881
1801-1870, optical instrument maker (microscope & telescope), German

Steinheil, Carl August

1801 - 1870
active 1788-1817, mathematical, philosophical (globes) & optical instrument maker, English; British

Adams, Dudley

1760 - 1830
active 1830-1867, optical instrument maker (astronomical & geodetical), German

Repsold, Adolf

1806 - 1871
active 1851-1857, optical instrument maker, English; British

Beck, Joseph

1829 - 1891
1808-1914, optical, mathematical & philosophical (globes) instrument makers, London, England, British

Carpenter and Westley

1808 - 1914
1830-1883, optical instrument maker (photography), Germany

Dallmeyer, John Henry

1830 - 1883
active 1805-1822, optical, mathematical & philosophical instrument maker, British

Beale, John

1805 - 1822
1830-1874, active 1859-1874 , optician and optical instrument maker, French

Chevalier, Louis Marie Arthur

1830 - 1874