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1836-1917, physician, British

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett

1836 - 1917

1843-1910, microbiologist and Nobel prize winner, German

Koch, Robert

1843 - 1910

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

A Gallenkamp and Company Limited

1880 - 1995

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

Downs Surgical Limited

1879

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

1853-1914, police officer, French

Bertillon, Alphonse

1853 - 1914

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

R and J Beck Limited

1867 - 1968

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

Langley MIll Pottery

1865

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

1838-1907, chemist, English; British

Perkin, Sir William Henry

1838 - 1907

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

Stopes, Marie

1880 - 1958

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

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

Wood Brothers Glass Company Limited

1834 - 1981

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

J Lancaster and Son

1835 - 1955

Friese-Greene, William

1855 - 1921

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

Huguenin Frères & Compagnie

1868 - 1999

Muybridge, Florado Helios

1873 - 1944

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

Hicks, James Joseph

1837 - 1916

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

John Line and Sons Limited

1880 - 1988

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

James Swift and Son Limited

1857 - 1969

1876-1999, manufacturer of microscopes, Vienna, Austria

Reichert

1876 - 1999

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

Elliott Brothers

1853 - 1921

1878-1967, motor vehicle and bicycle manufacturer, Coventry, England, British

Rover Company

1878

1879-, manufacturer of instruments and control equipment, Frankfurt, Germany

Hartmann and Braun

1879

Turner, Edward Raymond

1873 - 1903

1855-present, manufacturer, Horsforth

Joseph Kaye & Sons

1855

active 1863 -1952, manufacturer of pharmaceuticals; manufacturer of dyestuffs, German

Farbwerke vorm Meister Lucius und Brüning

1880 - 1952

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

Jetter and Scheerer

1867

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

Arthur H Cox and Company Limited

1839

1844-1918, inventor, artist, France

Reynaud, Charles-Emile

1844 - 1918

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

Thomas Armstrong and Brother

1868 - 1968

1851-1903, bacteriologist, French

Chamberland, Charles

1851 - 1908

1879-1950, scientific instrument makers; optician; manufacturer of photographic apparatus, Manchester, England

Aubrey Franks Limited

1879 - 1950

1851-1921, engineer; electrical instrument maker; photographer, French

Carpentier, Jules

1851 - 1921

Shallcross Stone, Flora

1851 - 1875

1846-, iron founder, West Bromwich, England

Joseph and Jesse Siddons

1846

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

W T Copeland and Sons Limited

1847 - 1966

1835-1992, lithographer; engraver; printer, Glasgow

MacLure and MacDonald

1835 - 1992

active 1871-1959, manufactuer of sewing machines; manufacturer of calculating machines, Braunschweig, Germany

Grimme Natalis and Co

1871 - 1959

1842-, manufacturer of ceramics, Burslem, England

John Maddock and Sons Limited

1842

1851-1954, locksmith, London, England

Hobbs, Hart and Company Limited

1851 - 1954

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

Le Prince, Louis Aimé Augustin

1842 - 1890