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active 1828-1947, marine & aeronautical navigational instrument maker, London, England, British

Henry Hughes and Son Limited

1828 - 1947
1836-1917, physician, British

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett

1836 - 1917
Patient of Edward Jenner; First person to received Vaccination

Phipps, James

1788 - 1853
1875-1969, meteorological, aviation & surveying instrument manufacturer, London, England

Short and Mason Limited

1875 - 1969
1818-1865, physician, Hungarian

Semmelweis, Ignaz Philipp

1818 - 1865
1815-1852, mathematician; computer pioneer, British

Lovelace, Ada

1815 - 1852
1827-1912, surgeon; physician; developer of a system of antiseptic surgery, English; British

Lister, Joseph

1827 - 1912
1879-current (2020), manufacturer of surgical instruments, London, England

Downs Surgical Limited

1879
1845-c1955, optical instrument, lens and camera makers, Germany

Emil Busch AG

1845
1789 - current (2020), soap manufacturers, Isleworth, England

A and F Pears Limited

1789
1800-1970's?, button manufacturer, London

Jennens and Company Limited

1800
1878-1969, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, Manchester & London, England

J Halden and Company Limited

1878 - 1969

Parkes, Alexander

1813 - 1890

Norman, Henry (first baronet)

1858 - 1939

Wheatstone, Charles

1802 - 1875

Hancock, William

1789 - 1848

Muybridge, Florado Helios

1873 - 1944

Penn-Gaskell, Winifred Ethel

1874 - 1949

Hancock, Thomas

1786 - 1865
1867-1943, dye manufacturer, chemist, Scottish

Morton, James

1867 - 1943
1847-1966, manufacturer of ceramics, Stoke on Trent, England

W T Copeland and Sons Limited

1847 - 1966
1779-1780, gigantic infant, English; British

Everitt, Thomas Hills

1702 - 1780
1799-1883, bobbin manufacturer; aeronautical engineer; portrait photographer, English, British

Stringfellow, John

1799 - 1883
1771-1833, mining engineer, English; British

Trevithick, Richard

1771 - 1833
active c. 1894-1968, optical instrument maker, London, England

R and J Beck Limited

1867 - 1968
active 1870s-1924, scientific instrument maker, London, England

F Darton and Company

1879 - 1924
1796-1848, inventor of textile machines, French

Heilmann, Joshua

1796 - 1848
active 1849-1886, optician, optical designer & optical instrument maker, French

Duboscq, Jules

1817 - 1886
active 1832-1859 , optician and optical instrument maker, French

Chevalier, Charles Louis

1804 - 1859
1875-1945, inventor active in cinematography, Polish

Proszynski, Kazimierz

1875 - 1945
active 1829-1928, surgical instrument maker, London, England, British

Arnold and Sons

1829 - 1928

Kadoorie, Elly (KBE)

1867 - 1944
1869-1986/7, optical instrument maker (microscope & cameras - Leica), Germany

E Leitz

1869 - 1987
active 1859-1995, hospital, Brighton

St Francis Hospital

1859 - 1995

Cross, Charles Frederick

1855 - 1935
1798-1849, King of Piedmont, reigned 1831-1849,

Charles Albert of Sardinia

1798 - 1849
active 1834-1981, manufacturers of glass, Barnsley, England

Wood Brothers Glass Company Limited

1834 - 1981
1875-1976, manufacturer, Tunstall, British

Alfred Meakin

1875 - 1976
1819-1905, civil engineer, English; British

Stephenson, George Robert

1819 - 1905
1812-1887, journalist; author; playwright, British.

Mayhew, Henry

1812 - 1887
1788-1842, organic chemist, French

Pelletier, Pierre Joseph

1788 - 1842
1815-1888, artist, British

Dobbin, John

1815 - 1888
1856-1943, inventor; physicist; mechanical engineer; electrical engineer, Serbian/American

Tesla, Nikola

1856 - 1943
1800-1890, social reformer; civil servant, British

Chadwick, Sir Edwin

1800 - 1890
1880-1995, laboratory equipment manufacturer (chemistry, physics), London, England

A Gallenkamp and Company Limited

1880 - 1995
active 1857-1948, manufacturer of precision tools, American

Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing Company

1857 - 1948
1799-1871, botanist; photographic artist, British

Atkins, Anna

1799 - 1871

Walker, John

1781 - 1859
1851-1954, locksmith, London, England

Hobbs, Hart and Company Limited

1851 - 1954
1876-1999, manufacturer of microscopes, Vienna, Austria

Reichert

1876 - 1999