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1836-1917, physician, British

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett

1836 - 1917

1818-1865, physician, Hungarian

Semmelweis, Ignaz Philipp

1818 - 1865

1800-1890, social reformer; civil servant, British

Chadwick, Sir Edwin

1800 - 1890

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

Snow, John

1813 - 1858

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

Galton, Sir Francis

1822 - 1911

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

active 1829-1895, microbiologist; chemist, French

Pasteur, Louis

1822 - 1895

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

Henry Hughes and Son Limited

1828 - 1947

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

J R Gaunt and Son Limited

1884 - 1991

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

A Gallenkamp and Company Limited

1880 - 1995

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

Gillies, Sir Harold Delf

1882 - 1960

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

Downs Surgical Limited

1879

1901-1940, medical instrument manufacturer, London, England

S Maw Son & Sons Limited

1901 - 1940

Parkes, Alexander

1813 - 1890

1829-1901, physiologist, German

Fick, Adolf Eugen

1829 - 1901

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

Short and Mason Limited

1875 - 1969

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

Röntgen, Wilhelm Conrad

1845 - 1923

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

Emil Busch AG

1845

1904-1973, supplier of wholesale chemicals & drugs, England, British

British Drug Houses Limited

1904 - 1973

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

W and T Avery Limited

1813 - 1979

1829-1904, physiologist; chronophotographer; inventor, French

Marey, Étienne Jules

1829 - 1904

1881-1955, bacteriologist; discoverer of penicillin, British

Fleming, Sir Alexander

1881 - 1955

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

Drew and Sons

1887 - 1935

1824-1880, surgeon, pathologist; anthropologist, French

Broca, Paul

1824 - 1880

1853-1914, police officer, French

Bertillon, Alphonse

1853 - 1914

first patient to receive insulin injections

Thompson, Leonard

1908 - 1935

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

R and J Beck Limited

1867 - 1968

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

Arnold and Sons

1829 - 1928

active 1865-1982, manufacturer of ceramics, English; British

Langley MIll Pottery

1865

Griffiths, Frances

1907 - 1986

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

Charcot, Jean Martin

1825 - 1893

Wright, Elsie

1901 - 1988

1819-1867, inventor; sewing machine pioneer, American

Howe, Elias

1819 - 1867

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

J Halden and Company Limited

1878 - 1969

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

A G Thornton Limited

1880 - 1992

1896-1947, scientific instrument and radio manufacturer, Cambridge

W G Pye and Company Limited

1896 - 1947

1895-1980s, manufacturer of medicinal lozenges, England

Iron Jelloids Company Limited

1895

1838-1907, chemist, English; British

Perkin, Sir William Henry

1838 - 1907

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

Stopes, Marie

1880 - 1958

active 1897-1968, laboratory apparatus and instrument maker, London, England

Baird and Tatlock (London) Limited

1897 - 2012

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

E Thomas & Williams Limited

1860

1833 - 1883, inventor; engineer, British; English

Vansittart, Henrietta

1833 - 1883

1851-1964, manufacturer of mathmetical equipment, London

W. H. Harling Ltd

1851 - 1964

American; birth control advocate; nurse

Sanger, Margaret

1878 - 1966

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

E Leitz

1869 - 1987

1842-1877, manufacturers, London

Parker Field & Sons

1842 - 1877

1891-1941, physician; medical researcher, Canadian

Banting, Sir Frederick Grant

1891 - 1941

active 1928-1954, laboratory apparatus; laboratory instrument maker, London, England

Griffin and Tatlock Limited

1889 - 1999

1897-2006?, researcher; manufacturer of electronic communication equipment, United Kingdom

Marconi Company Limited

1897 - 2006