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1800-1890, social reformer; civil servant, British

Chadwick, Sir Edwin

1800 - 1890
1836-1917, physician, British

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett

1836 - 1917
1813-1858, anaesthetist; epidemiologist; physician, British; English

Snow, John

1813 - 1858
1818-1865, physician, Hungarian

Semmelweis, Ignaz Philipp

1818 - 1865
1843-1910, microbiologist and Nobel prize winner, German

Koch, Robert

1843 - 1910
1827-1912, surgeon; physician; developer of a system of antiseptic surgery, English; British

Lister, Joseph

1827 - 1912
1822-1911, biostatistician, human geneticist & eugenicist, English, British

Galton, Sir Francis

1822 - 1911
1879-current (2020), manufacturer of surgical instruments, London, England

Downs Surgical Limited

1879
1884-1991, button, badge and medal makers, Birmingham

J R Gaunt and Son Limited

1884 - 1991
1881-1955, bacteriologist; discoverer of penicillin, British

Fleming, Sir Alexander

1881 - 1955
1845-c1955, optical instrument, lens and camera makers, Germany

Emil Busch AG

1845
active 1828-1947, marine & aeronautical navigational instrument maker, London, England, British

Henry Hughes and Son Limited

1828 - 1947
American; birth control advocate; nurse

Sanger, Margaret

1878 - 1966
1824-1880, surgeon, pathologist; anthropologist, French

Broca, Paul

1824 - 1880
1880-1995, laboratory equipment manufacturer (chemistry, physics), London, England

A Gallenkamp and Company Limited

1880 - 1995
1845-1923, physicist; discoverer of X-rays, German

Röntgen, Wilhelm Conrad

1845 - 1923
active 1887 -1920s?, manufacturer of leather goods, picnic baskets and silver, London, ENgland

Drew and Sons

1887 - 1935
1875-1969, meteorological, aviation & surveying instrument manufacturer, London, England

Short and Mason Limited

1875 - 1969
1819-1891, civil engineer, English; British

Bazalgette, Sir Joseph William

1819 - 1891
active c. 1894-1968, optical instrument maker, London, England

R and J Beck Limited

1867 - 1968
1829-1901, physiologist, German

Fick, Adolf Eugen

1829 - 1901
active 1829-1895, microbiologist; chemist, French

Pasteur, Louis

1822 - 1895
1853-1914, police officer, French

Bertillon, Alphonse

1853 - 1914
1882-1960, plastic surgeon, lecturer, Dunedin, New Zealander

Gillies, Sir Harold Delf

1882 - 1960
Patient of Edward Jenner; First person to received Vaccination

Phipps, James

1788 - 1853
1791-1871, mathematician; computer pioneer, England, English; British

Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871
1829-1904, physiologist; chronophotographer; inventor, French

Marey, Étienne Jules

1829 - 1904
1786-1901, brand name used to 1990s, cigarette manufacturer; tobacco company, Bristol, England

W D and H O Wills Limited

1786 - 1901
1790- about 1946, pencil manufacturer, Vienna

L&C Hardtmuth

1790 - 1946
active 1859-1995, hospital, Brighton

St Francis Hospital

1859 - 1995
1878-1969, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, Manchester & London, England

J Halden and Company Limited

1878 - 1969
active 1829-1928, surgical instrument maker, London, England, British

Arnold and Sons

1829 - 1928
1895-1980s, manufacturer of medicinal lozenges, England

Iron Jelloids Company Limited

1895
c1907 - present (2010), safety lamp manufacturer, Aberdare

E Thomas & Williams Limited

1860
1898-1968, experimental pathologist; bacteriologist, Australian

Florey, Baron Florey, Howard Walter

1898 - 1968
1825-1893, neurologist; professor of anatomical pathology, French

Charcot, Jean Martin

1825 - 1893
1899-present, manufacturers, London

C. C. Wakefield and Company Limited

1899
1896-1947, scientific instrument and radio manufacturer, Cambridge

W G Pye and Company Limited

1896 - 1947
1846-, iron founder, West Bromwich, England

Joseph and Jesse Siddons

1846
1888-1946, television engineer, entrepreneur, Scottish; British

Baird, John Logie

1888 - 1946
1880-1958, sexologist; advocate of birth control, British; Scottish

Stopes, Marie

1880 - 1958
1813-1979, manufacturer, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, British

W and T Avery Limited

1813 - 1979
active 1834-1981, manufacturers of glass, Barnsley, England

Wood Brothers Glass Company Limited

1834 - 1981
c.1880 -1992, stationers; scientific equipment manufacturer, Manchester, England

A G Thornton Limited

1880 - 1992
1810-c. 1960, poster printer; printer, Dunstable and London

Waterlow and Sons Limited

1810
1838-1907, chemist, English; British

Perkin, Sir William Henry

1838 - 1907
1871- active 1938, travel agents, London

Dean and Dawson Limited

1871
1819-1999, submarine engineers, manufacturer of diving and breathing apparatus, United Kingdom

Siebe Gorman and Company Limited

1819 - 1999
Whitcombe, Harold Arthur

Whitcombe, Harold Arthur

1883 - 1943
1894-1960, poster printer; printer; lithographer, London

The Baynard Press

1894 - 1960