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1836-1906, camera manufacturer, Northern Irish; British

McKellen, Samuel Dunseith

1836 - 1906
1827-1912, surgeon; physician; developer of a system of antiseptic surgery, English; British

Lister, Joseph

1827 - 1912
active 1828-1947, marine & aeronautical navigational instrument maker, London, England, British

Henry Hughes and Son Limited

1828 - 1947
Parkes, Alexander

Parkes, Alexander

1813 - 1890
1838-1907, chemist, English; British

Perkin, Sir William Henry

1838 - 1907
active 1853-1921, optical, mathematical, philosophical & electrical inst. maker, London, England

Elliott Brothers

1853 - 1921
1845-c1955, optical instrument, lens and camera makers, Germany

Emil Busch AG

1845
1836-1917, physician, British

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett

1836 - 1917
1813-1979, manufacturer, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, British

W and T Avery Limited

1813 - 1979
1869-1986/7, optical instrument maker (microscope & cameras - Leica), Germany

E Leitz

1869 - 1987
1851-1954, locksmith, London, England

Hobbs, Hart and Company Limited

1851 - 1954
active 1818-1856, optician, optical, mathematical & philosophical instrument maker, London, England

Watkins & Hill

1818 - 1856
active 1868-1968, optical instrument maker; clock maker, Manchester, England

Thomas Armstrong and Brother

1868 - 1968
c.1863 - 1946, surgical instrument maker, London, England

Down Bros and Mayer and Phelps Limited

1863
active 1829-1928, surgical instrument maker, London, England, British

Arnold and Sons

1829 - 1928
1863-1944, chemist; inventor, Belgian; American

Baekeland, Leo Hendrik

1863 - 1944
1857-1960s?, manufacturer of laundry machines and appliances, Manchester, England

Thomas Bradford and Company

1850 - 1991
1837-c.1969, optical instrument manufacturer, London, England

W Watson and Sons Limited

1837 - 1969
1818-1984, lock and safe manufacturer, England, British

Chubb and Son's Lock and Safe Company Limited

1818 - 1984
active c. 1894-1968, optical instrument maker, London, England

R and J Beck Limited

1867 - 1968
active 1834-1981, manufacturers of glass, Barnsley, England

Wood Brothers Glass Company Limited

1834 - 1981
1861-1968, manufacturer of ceramics, Hanley, England

G L Ashworth and Brothers Limited

1861 - 1968
active 1867-?, surgical instrument maker, Tuttlingen, Germany

Jetter and Scheerer

1867
1846-, iron founder, West Bromwich, England

Joseph and Jesse Siddons

1846
1847-1931, inventor; scientist, American

Edison, Thomas Alva

1847 - 1931
1800-1890, social reformer; civil servant, British

Chadwick, Sir Edwin

1800 - 1890
1857-1969, optical instrument makers (microscope), London, England

James Swift and Son Limited

1857 - 1969
active 1829-1895, microbiologist; chemist, French

Pasteur, Louis

1822 - 1895
c1907 - present (2010), safety lamp manufacturer, Aberdare

E Thomas & Williams Limited

1860
1844-1968, tobacco manufacturer, Spitalfields, London, England

Godfrey Phillips Limited

1844 - 1968
Shallcross Stone, Flora

Shallcross Stone, Flora

1851 - 1875
active 1878-1911, scientific instrument manufacturer, London, England

Hicks, James Joseph

1837 - 1916
1842-1890, inventor, motion picture pioneer, Metz, France

Le Prince, Louis Aimé Augustin

1842 - 1890
1842-1877, manufacturers, London

Parker Field & Sons

1842 - 1877
active 1846-current (2005), printers, Merseyside, England

McCorquodale and Company Limited

1846
active c.1855 - c.1964?, locomotive and carriage manufacturer, Birmingham

Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Company Limited

1855 - 1964
1853-1936, collector; pharmacist; benefactor, American; naturalised British

Wellcome, Sir Henry Solomon

1853 - 1936
Friese-Greene, William

Friese-Greene, William

1855 - 1921
1829-1904, physiologist; chronophotographer; inventor, French

Marey, Étienne Jules

1829 - 1904
1816-1968, manufacturer of pharmaceutical products, Edinburgh, Scotland

Duncan Flockhart and Company Limited

1816
1850s-1972, publisher, London, England

Crosby Lockwood and Company

1850 - 1972
1845-c. 1955, lens manufacturer; scientific instrument maker, Paris, France

Lerebours et Secretan

1845 - 1955
Burrow, John Charles

Burrow, John Charles

1852 - 1914
1832-1928, musical instrument and phonogram manufacturer, London

Barnett Samuel and Sons Limited

1832 - 1928
1822-1911, biostatistician, human geneticist & eugenicist, English, British

Galton, Sir Francis

1822 - 1911
1868-1999, medallists; die-sinkers; mint; jewellers, Le Locle, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Huguenin Frères & Compagnie

1868 - 1999
1818-1865, physician, Hungarian

Semmelweis, Ignaz Philipp

1818 - 1865
1849-2002, joint stock company, British

Railway Passengers Assurance Company

1849 - 2002
Wheatstone, Charles

Wheatstone, Charles

1802 - 1875
1800-1970's?, button manufacturer, London

Jennens and Company Limited

1800