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

Downs Surgical Limited

1879

Parkes, Alexander

1813 - 1890

Wheatstone, Charles

1802 - 1875
1875-1969, meteorological, aviation & surveying instrument manufacturer, London, England

Short and Mason Limited

1875 - 1969
1836-1917, physician, British

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett

1836 - 1917

Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871
1845-c1955, optical instrument, lens and camera makers, Germany

Emil Busch AG

1845
1838-1907, chemist, English; British

Perkin, Sir William Henry

1838 - 1907
active 1828-1947, marine & aeronautical navigational instrument maker, London, England, British

Henry Hughes and Son Limited

1828 - 1947
1827-1912, surgeon; physician; developer of a system of antiseptic surgery, English; British

Lister, Joseph

1827 - 1912
1876-1999, manufacturer of microscopes, Vienna, Austria

Reichert

1876 - 1999
1819-1868, dentist who used anaesthetic; physician, American

Morton, William Thomas Green

1819 - 1868
1874-1966, steelmakers; munitions makers, English; British

John Baker and Company Limited

1874 - 1966
active 1878-1911, scientific instrument manufacturer, London, England

Hicks, James Joseph

1837 - 1916

Muybridge, Florado Helios

1873 - 1944
active 1868-1968, optical instrument maker; clock maker, Manchester, England

Thomas Armstrong and Brother

1868 - 1968
1824-1884, scientific instrument maker, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Scottish; British

White, James

1824 - 1884
1839-1932, shipping company, British

Royal Mail Steam Packet Company

1839 - 1932
1863-1944, chemist; inventor, Belgian; American

Baekeland, Leo Hendrik

1863 - 1944
active c1880-1988, wallpaper manufacturer, London, Reading & Southall (manufactory), England

John Line and Sons Limited

1880 - 1988
1799-1852, engineer; inventor of types of steam carriage, British; English

Hancock, Walter

1799 - 1852
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
active 1829-1895, microbiologist; chemist, French

Pasteur, Louis

1822 - 1895
1843-1910, microbiologist and Nobel prize winner, German

Koch, Robert

1843 - 1910
1797-1880, physician; modelmaker, French

Auzoux, Louis Thomas Jerome

1797 - 1880
c.1829-1905, active from 1857, photographer, French, active in Asia

Mallitte, Oscar Jean Baptiste

1829 - 1905
1858-1921, British navy steam/sail ship, used 1872-1876 oceanagraphic expedition, British

HMS Challenger

1858 - 1921

Dancer, John Benjamin

1812 - 1887
1815-1852, mathematician; computer pioneer, British

Lovelace, Ada

1815 - 1852

Pease, Sir Joseph Whitwell (1828-1903) 1st Baronet Businessman and MP

1828 - 1903

Swan, Joseph Wilson

1828 - 1914
1854/5-1922, trapeze artist, aeronaut, acrobat, American

Dare, Leona

1855 - 1922
1858-1903, manufacturer of agricultural engines; manufacturer of steam engines, Pershore, England

Edward Humphries and Company Limited

1858 - 1903
1816-1892, astronomer and photographer, American

Rutherfurd, Lewis Morris

1816 - 1892
active 1859 -1948, psychiatric hospital, Sussex, England

Brighton Mental Asylum

1859 - 1948
1813-1858, anaesthetist; epidemiologist; physician, British; English

Snow, John

1813 - 1858
active 1792-1829, body snatcher, Edinburgh / British

Burke, William

1792 - 1829
1829-1901, physiologist, German

Fick, Adolf Eugen

1829 - 1901
1823-1960, lithographer; poster printer; printer; publisher, London

Vincent Brooks, Day and Son Limited

1862 - 1960
1867-1964, camera and photographic equipment manufacturer, Germany

Agfa

1867 - 1964
1833 - 1883, inventor; engineer, British; English

Vansittart, Henrietta

1833 - 1883
1857-about 1948, manufacturer of sewing machines, American

Willcox and Gibbs Sewing Machine Company

1857
1842-, manufacturer of ceramics, Burslem, England

John Maddock and Sons Limited

1842
1872-?, iron and steel company, Workington

Moss Bay Co.

1872
b. 1822, active 1872, mathematical modelmaker, Paris, France

Fabre de Lagrange

1822
1800-1970's?, button manufacturer, London

Jennens and Company Limited

1800
active 1846-1880, clock and chronometer maker, England, British

Shepherd, Charles

1830
1790-1878, inventor; Church of Scotland minister/clergyman, Scottish; British

Stirling, Robert

1790 - 1878
published 1868-1914, magazine, English; British

Vanity Fair

1868 - 1914