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

Down Bros and Mayer and Phelps Limited

1863

1846-, iron founder, West Bromwich, England

Joseph and Jesse Siddons

1846

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

Lerebours et Secretan

1845 - 1955

1850s- 1976, pharmaceutical chemist; optician, Leeds, England

Reynolds and Branson Limited

1852 - 1976

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

Charcot, Jean Martin

1825 - 1893

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

Watkins & Hill

1818 - 1856

Swan, Joseph Wilson

1828 - 1914

1859-1965, manufacturer of soap and tooth powder, Manchester

F C Calvert and Company

1859 - 1965

Shallcross Stone, Flora

1851 - 1875

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

Le Prince, Louis Aimé Augustin

1842 - 1890

1842-1877, manufacturers, London

Parker Field & Sons

1842 - 1877

1838-current , shipping company, United Kingdom; Canada

The Cunard Line

1838

1826-, printer, Derby

Bemrose and Sons Limited

1826

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

E Thomas & Williams Limited

1860

1850-1971, optics manufacturer, Bromley

Wray Optical Works Ltd.

1850 - 1971

1825-1898, colonial merchant, collector, British

Peek, Sir Henry William

1825 - 1898

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

Mallitte, Oscar Jean Baptiste

1829 - 1905

1849-2002, joint stock company, British

Railway Passengers Assurance Company

1849 - 2002

active 1832-1922, optician & mathematical instrument maker, Dublin, Ireland

Yeates and Son

1832 - 1922

1832-2002, manufacturer, Newton-le-Willows, England

The Vulcan Foundry

1832 - 2002

1839-current (2020), manufacturer of pharmaceuticals; chemist; druggist, Brighton & Barnstaple, Eng

Arthur H Cox and Company Limited

1839

1835-1955, opticians, optics and photographic and camera maker, Birmingham

J Lancaster and Son

1835 - 1955

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

Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Company Limited

1855 - 1964

1867-1934, physicist; chemist, Polish-born; French

Curie, Marie

1867 - 1934

1839-1902, manufacturing jeweller; goldsmith; silversith, London, England

Phillips Brothers and Sons

1839 - 1902

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

Vincent Brooks, Day and Son Limited

1862 - 1960

1829-2001, steel manufacturer; shipbuilder; engineer, Sheffield and Birkenhead, England

Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd.

1829 - 2001

1826-1909, active 1865-1891, artist, British

Dudley, Robert Charles

1826 - 1909

1863- current (2010), psychiatric hospital, Crowthorne, England

Broadmoor Hospital

1863

1861-1880's?, button maker, London

Reynolds & Co

1861

1842-, manufacturer of ceramics, Burslem, England

John Maddock and Sons Limited

1842

1841-1903, astronomer; astronomical photographer, English; British

Common, Andrew Anslie

1841 - 1903

Friese-Greene, William

1855 - 1921

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

Huguenin Frères & Compagnie

1868 - 1999

1855-present, manufacturer, Horsforth

Joseph Kaye & Sons

1855

active 1866-1926, camera manufacturer, Blackheath, London, England

W Butcher and Sons

1866 - 1926

1862-., ammunitions manufacturer, Witton, Birmingham

Kynoch Ltd

1862

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

Röntgen, Wilhelm Conrad

1845 - 1923

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

White, James

1824 - 1884

1847-1966, manufacturer of ceramics, Stoke on Trent, England

W T Copeland and Sons Limited

1847 - 1966

1865-1932, artist; engraver; etcher, British

Willis, Frank

1865 - 1932

1820-1910, reformer of Army medical services and of nursing, British; English

Nightingale, Florence

1820 - 1910

Burrow, John Charles

1852 - 1914

1867-1943, dye manufacturer, chemist, Scottish

Morton, James

1867 - 1943

1860-1930, bacteriologist researching cholera and plague, Russian

Haffkine, Waldemar Mordecai Wolfe

1860 - 1930

Albone, Daniel

1860 - 1906

1832-1914, artist, British

Ascroft, William

1832 - 1914

1819-1891, civil engineer, English; British

Bazalgette, Sir Joseph William

1819 - 1891

1854-1931, engineer; scientist, British; English

Parsons, Sir Charles Algernon

1854 - 1931

active 1849-1886, optician, optical designer & optical instrument maker, French

Duboscq, Jules

1817 - 1886