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1846-1914, engineer; inventor of a type of air compressor, British

Atkinson, James

1846 - 1914

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

Chevalier, Charles Louis

1804 - 1859

1839-1846, railway company, Cheddington

Aylesbury Railway

1839 - 1846

1834-1891, orthopaedic surgeon, British

Thomas, Hugh Owen

1834 - 1891

1826-1868, tramway, Stratford-upon-Avon, England

Stratford & Moreton Tramway

1826 - 1868

1848-1920, electrical engineer, Scottish; British

Muirhead, Alexander

1848 - 1920

1870-1955, pharmaceutical manufacturer, British

Kemball, Bishop and Company Limited

1870 - 1955

Burden, Harold Nelson

1860 - 1930

1840-1894, printmaker, English; British

Le Blond and Co

1840 - 1894

1834-1895, surgeon; photographer; author, British

Durham, Arthur E

1834 - 1895

1856-1953, railway administrator, British; English

Fay, Sir Samuel

1856 - 1953

1852-1882, musician; physicist; scientist, French; Alsacian

Kastner, Frédéric

1852 - 1882

1842-1851, steam locomotive manufacturer, Liverpool

Bury, Curtis and Kennedy

1842 - 1851

1824-1871, photographer, British

Williams, Thomas Richard

1824 - 1871

1863-1922, designer of Antoinette aeroplanes and engines, French

Levavasseur, Leon

1863 - 1922

1856-1987, manufacturing engineer, Leeds

Greenwood and Batley Limited

1856 - 1987

1854-1922, railway company, York

North Eastern Railway

1854 - 1922

1858-1915, physician; bacteriologist; professor, French

Thoinot, Léon Henri

1858 - 1915

1803-1879, engineer; Patent Office administrator, English; British

Woodcroft, Bennet

1803 - 1879

Scottish physician; pathologist; associated with Burke and Hare

Knox, Robert

1791 - 1862

1827-1905, farm machinery manufacturer, English; British

Holmes & Sons Ltd

1827 - 1905

1814-1890, mathematician, phonetician, pioneer photographer, British

Ellis, Alexander John

1814 - 1890

Manchester Corporation Waterworks

1848 - 1971

1814-1896, artist; printmaker, British

Bourne, John Cooke

1814 - 1896

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

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

De la Beche, Sir Henry Thomas

1796 - 1855

1824-1908, artist; painter, British

Earl, George

1824 - 1908

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

Rennie, John

1794 - 1863

1850-1913, inventor; photographer, American

Blake, Francis

1850 - 1913

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

Maxim, Sir Hiram Stevens

1840 - 1916

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

1796-1829, wax modeller, Italian

Calenzuoli, Francesco

1796 - 1829