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active 1836-1923, surgical and instrument maker and supplier, British

Coxeter

1836

1830-?, optical instrument manufacturer, Glasgow

J Lizars

1830

1821-c 1983, optical and precision instrument maker, Munich, Germany

T Ertel und Sohn

1821

active 1807-1901, surgical instrument maker, English

Maw

1807

active 1869-current (2019), medical and laboratory equipment manufacturer, London, England, British

Hawksley and Sons Limited

1869

1857-1950s?, manufacturing chemists, London, England

Alfred Bishop Limited

1857

1848-present (2010), metalworkers, jewellers, Birmingham and Skipton

Thomas Fattorini Limited

1827

1826 - active (2009), medallist; engraver, Edinburgh, Scotland

Alexander Kirkwood and Son

1826

active 1815-current (2009), ceramics manufacturer, English

Royal Doulton Limited

1815

1783-1856, artist; painter, British

Walter, Joseph

1783 - 1856

1782-1868, mechanical engineer, Scottish; British

Robertson, John

1782 - 1868

1750-1795, [Adams the Younger] active 1772-1795, mathematical instrument maker; globe maker, English; British

Adams, George

1750 - 1795

1796-1855; slave owner, geologist, palaeontologist, caricaturist; British; UK

De la Beche, Sir Henry Thomas

1796 - 1855

1772-1864, manufacturing chemist; meteorologist, British

Howard, Luke

1772 - 1864

1824-1908, artist; painter, British

Earl, George

1824 - 1908

1785-1870, inventor; mathematician, French

Thomas, Charles Xavier

1785 - 1870

1779-1848, chemist, Swedish

Berzelius, Jons Jakob

1779 - 1848

Hancock, Walter

1799 - 1852

1798-1854, physicist; astronomer, Italian

Melloni, Macedonio

1798 - 1854

active 1829-1993, psychiatric hospital, Ipswich, England

St Audry's Hospital

1829 - 1993

1813-1871, photographer; biologist, French

Bertsch, Auguste Adolphe

1813 - 1871

Flatters, Abraham (F.R.M.S.)

1848 - 1929

1861-1941, artist, illustrator, painter, author, British

Greig, James

1861 - 1941

Harland and Wolff

1861 - 1885

1852-1933, shipyard; shipbuilder, Jarrow, England

Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Limited

1852 - 1933

1775-1856, surgical instrument maker & natural philosopher, English

Pepys, William Haseldine

1775 - 1856

Rennie, John

1794 - 1863

1766-1832, mathematician; natural philosopher, Scottish; British

Leslie, Sir John

1766 - 1832

1850-1913, inventor; photographer, American

Blake, Francis

1850 - 1913

1731-1808, mother of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), German

Goethe, Katharina Elisabeth

1731 - 1808

1840-1916, engineer; inventor, American-born, British

Maxim, Sir Hiram Stevens

1840 - 1916

Brunton, William

1777 - 1851

English sewing machine company established in Audenshawe, Manchester in 1859

Jones Sewing Machine Company Limited

1859 - 1968

Bailey, Sir William Henry (J. P.)

1838 - 1913

1801-1882, locomotive engineer; railway engineer, British; English

Dodds, Isaac

1801 - 1882

1781-1848, colliery engineer; railway engineer, English; British

Stephenson, George

1781 - 1848

1796-1829, wax modeller, Italian

Calenzuoli, Francesco

1796 - 1829

about 1864-1934, Locomotive Company, Bristol

Avonside Engine Company Limited

1866 - 1934

1856-1969, pencil manufacturer, New York City, United States

Eagle Pencil Company

1856 - 1969

Bury, Thomas Talbot

1809 - 1877

1722-1765, discoverer of tungsten; mineralogist; chemist, Swedish

Cronstedt, Baron Axel Fredrik

1722 - 1765

1862-1934, physician; surgeon; inventor of a type of anaesthetic inhaler, German

Braun, Heinrich

1862 - 1934

1794-1887, manufacturer of ceramics, Longport, England

Davenport

1794 - 1887

1852-1943, engineer; inventor; industrialist, Anglo-Swiss

Renold, Hans

1852 - 1943

1812-1867, military surgeon, Scottish, British

MacPherson, Duncan

1812 - 1867

1823-1899, locomotive manufacturer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, British

Robert Stephenson and Company

1823 - 1937

active 1863-1924, neurologist, founder of Radionics movement, American

Abrams, Albert

1863 - 1924

1845-1978, engineers and machinery manufacturers, Salford and Manchester, England

Mather and Platt Limited

1845 - 1978

1839-1916, professor of chemistry, Romanian

Teclu, Nicolae

1839 - 1916

1835-1948, railway company, British

Great Western Railway

1835 - 1948