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1790-? iron founder; lock maker, Willenhall, Staffordshire, England

John Harper and Company

1790

active 1720-?, surgical instrument maker, English?

Savigny and Company

1720

1831- current (2009), mental hospital, Hanwell, England

Hanwell Asylum

1831

1756-1965, optical company, manufacturer of optical instruments & photographic lenses, Vienna

Voigtlander

1756

active 1870-1928, jeweller; watchmaker, Rye, Sussex

J N Masters Limited

1870

1856-1960s?, manufacturer of lifting equipment, pumps and engines, Birmingham, England

Tangyes Limited

1856

active 1863-current (2009), pharmaceutical researcher and manufacturer, German

Bayer

1863

E R and F Turner Limited

1837

1846-1922, railway company, London

Great Northern Railway

1846 - 1922

1859-1937 anaesthetist; physician, British

Carter Braine, Charles

1859 - 1937

1856-1932, manufacturer; inventor, British

Beard, Robert Royou

1856 - 1932

1764-1834, active 1791-1830, publisher, London, England

Ackermann and Company

1764 - 1834

1806-1869, medallist, German

Pfeuffer, Christoph Karl

1806 - 1869

1787-1854, painter; writer; inventor, English; British

Brockedon, William

1787 - 1854

1866-1946, novelist; social commentator, British; English

Wells, Herbert George

1866 - 1946

1858-1913, inventor; mechanical engineer, German

Diesel, Rudolf

1858 - 1913

1844-1918, inventor, artist, France

Reynaud, Charles-Emile

1844 - 1918

1812-1887, journalist; author; playwright, British.

Mayhew, Henry

1812 - 1887

1802-1966, British Army regiment, British

Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)

1802 - 1966

1849-1962, surgical instrument maker, Sheffield, England

J Gray & Son

1849 - 1962

1834-1890, baronet; sculptor; medallist;, Austrian; Hungarian; British

Boehm, Sir Edgar

1834 - 1890

1747-1809, engineer, English; British

Thompson, Francis

1747 - 1809

c.1848-c.1910, foundry, Derby

Andrew Handyside & Co.

1848 - 1910

1850-1888, electrical engineer; inventor; patentee, French

Gaulard, Lucien

1850 - 1888

1711-1778, philosopher and scientist, Italian

Bassi, Laura Maria Caterina

1711 - 1778

1827-1904, astronomer, British; English

With, George Henry

1827 - 1904

1786-1850, locomotive engineer, English; British

Hackworth, Timothy

1786 - 1850

Watt, James

1736 - 1819

1800-1883, manufacturer of patent medicines; philanthropist, British

Holloway, Thomas

1800 - 1883

1791-1867, natural philosopher; scientific adviser, England, British

Faraday, Michael

1791 - 1867

1829-1902, farmer; inventor; businessman, American

Gibbs, James Edward Allen

1829 - 1902

Wollaston, George Hyde

1761 - 1841

1850-1991, pressure gauge manufacturer, German

Schaeffer and Budenberg Ltd.

1850 - 1991

Bidder, George Parker

1806 - 1878

b. 1839, active 1870s-1910s, medallist, French

Tasset, Ernest Paulin

1839 - 1921

Wright, William Barton

1828 - 1915

1870-1938, film maker, inventor, British

Brown, Theodore

1870 - 1938

1831-1879, physicist, British

Maxwell, James Clerk

1831 - 1879

1715-1781, industrialist; manufacturer of silk textiles, English

Roe, Charles

1715 - 1781

1787-1864, clergyman, English; British

Stanhope, Fitzroy

1787 - 1864

1833-1908, optician; scientific instrument maker, British

Aronsberg, William

1833 - 1908

1731-1793, natural philosopher (scientist), inventor, English, British

Six, James

1731 - 1793

Gooch, Daniel

1816 - 1889

active 1749-1806, sundial maker; optical, mathematical, philosophical inst. maker & natural philosopher, British

Nairne, Edward

1726 - 1806

1846 -1925, instrument maker, German

Sartorius, Florenz

1846 - 1925

1749-1829, chronometer maker; watchmaker, English; British

Earnshaw, Thomas

1749 - 1829

1801-1861, surgeon; possible inventor of the hypodermic syringe, Irish

Rynd, Francis

1801 - 1861

1854-1966, locomotive builders, Manchester, England

Beyer, Peacock and Company Limited

1854 - 1966

Trevithick, Francis

1812 - 1877

1861-1968, manufacturer of ceramics, Hanley, England

G L Ashworth and Brothers Limited

1861 - 1968