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bap. 1723, d. 1791; active 1747-1784, optician, Welsh; British

Watkins, Francis

1723 - 1791

active 1725-current (2009), hospital, English; British

Guy's Hospital

1725

1803-active, printer, British

William Clowes & Sons Ltd.

1803

1830-1845, lithographers and printers, London, United Kingdom

Day and Haghe

1830 - 1845

1800-1970's?, button manufacturer, London

Jennens and Company Limited

1800

active 1735-current, jeweller; goldsmith; silversmith, clock-maker; watchmaker, English

Garrard and Company Limited

1735

fl. 1780s-1819, inventor, British, United Kingdom

Lowndes, Francis

1819

active 1890s?-1945, optical instrument maker, Jena, Germany

Carl Zeiss, Jena

1846

1800-current (2010), chemical manufacturer, Glasgow, Scotland

Charles Tennant and Company

1800

1825-about 1980s, manufacturer, West Bromwich, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, British

George Salter and Company

1825 - 1990

1794-1992, dispensing chemist; druggist, London, England

Savory and Moore Limited

1794 - 1992

Brunel, Marc Isambard

1769 - 1849

1771-1827, geographer; mapmaker; map seller; engraver, French

Picquet, Charles

1771 - 1827

Muybridge, Eadweard

1830 - 1904

Pickering, George

1794 - 1857

1829-1919, active 1845-1885, inventor and sewing machine manufacturer, English; British

Thomas, William Frederick

1829 - 1919

1819-1867, inventor; sewing machine pioneer, American

Howe, Elias

1819 - 1867

1788-1875, print seller; publisher, active London

McLean, Thomas

1788 - 1875

1842-1978, camera and film manufacturer, Binghamton, N.Y.

Ansco

1842 - 1967

1793-1830, active 1820s, ironmonger; nail manufacturer; brassfounder, British

Sparrow, Isaac Earlysman

1793 - 1830

c.1826 - 1989, map maker, Edinburgh

The Edinburgh Geographical Institute

1826 - 1989

1834-1893, wife & assistant to Joseph Lister, surgeon and founder of a system of antisepsis, British

Lister, Agnes Syme

1834 - 1893

1759-1840, surgeon, Italian

Assalini, Paolo

1759 - 1840

1728-1793, surgeon; anatomist, Scottish

Hunter, John

1728 - 1793

1797-1861, active 1826-1840, bookseller; publisher, British

Tilt, Charles

1797 - 1861

Mudd, James

1821 - 1906

1809-1882, naturalist; geologist; originator of the theory of natural selection, British

Darwin, Charles

1809 - 1882

1824-1907, mathematician; physicist, Irish

Thomson, William Baron Kelvin

1824 - 1907

1828-1903, locomotive manufacturer, Manchester, England

Sharp Stewart and Company Limited

1828 - 1903

1832-1909, photographer, Venetian born, active England, British

Beato, Felice

1825 - 1909

1842-1884, sailing ship of the line of battle, Devonport, Plymouth, England

HMS Albion (1842)

1842 - 1884

1754-1814, wax modeller, Italian

Susini, Clemente

1754 - 1814

1764-1826, author; printseller, English; British

Caulfield, James

1764 - 1826

Crookes, William (O.M., P.R.S.)

1832 - 1919

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

Dallmeyer, John Henry

1830 - 1883

1846-1913, instrument and compass maker, opticians, London, England, British

John Lilley & Son

1846 - 1913

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

E R and F Turner Limited

1837

1846-1922, railway company, London

Great Northern Railway

1846 - 1922

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

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