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1843-1910, microbiologist and Nobel prize winner, German

Koch, Robert

1843 - 1910
1853-1914, police officer, French

Bertillon, Alphonse

1853 - 1914
1836-1917, physician, British

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett

1836 - 1917
1845-1923, physicist; discoverer of X-rays, German

Röntgen, Wilhelm Conrad

1845 - 1923
1879-current (2020), manufacturer of surgical instruments, London, England

Downs Surgical Limited

1879
1880-1995, laboratory equipment manufacturer (chemistry, physics), London, England

A Gallenkamp and Company Limited

1880 - 1995
1875-1969, meteorological, aviation & surveying instrument manufacturer, London, England

Short and Mason Limited

1875 - 1969
1845-c1955, optical instrument, lens and camera makers, Germany

Emil Busch AG

1845
active c. 1894-1968, optical instrument maker, London, England

R and J Beck Limited

1867 - 1968
American; birth control advocate; nurse

Sanger, Margaret

1878 - 1966
1857-1969, optical instrument makers (microscope), London, England

James Swift and Son Limited

1857 - 1969
1878-1969, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, Manchester & London, England

J Halden and Company Limited

1878 - 1969
active 1834-1981, manufacturers of glass, Barnsley, England

Wood Brothers Glass Company Limited

1834 - 1981
1851-1921, engineer; electrical instrument maker; photographer, French

Carpentier, Jules

1851 - 1921
active 1868-1968, optical instrument maker; clock maker, Manchester, England

Thomas Armstrong and Brother

1868 - 1968
Muybridge, Florado Helios

Muybridge, Florado Helios

1873 - 1944
c.1880 -1992, stationers; scientific equipment manufacturer, Manchester, England

A G Thornton Limited

1880 - 1992
active 1878-1911, scientific instrument manufacturer, London, England

Hicks, James Joseph

1837 - 1916
1846-, iron founder, West Bromwich, England

Joseph and Jesse Siddons

1846
1844-1918, inventor, artist, France

Reynaud, Charles-Emile

1844 - 1918
1871-1940, naturalist, photographer and documentary film maker, British

Kearton, Cherry

1871 - 1940
1868-1999, medallists; die-sinkers; mint; jewellers, Le Locle, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Huguenin Frères & Compagnie

1868 - 1999
1861-1968, manufacturer of ceramics, Hanley, England

G L Ashworth and Brothers Limited

1861 - 1968
1851-1964, manufacturer of mathmetical equipment, London

W. H. Harling Ltd

1851 - 1964
c1907 - present (2010), safety lamp manufacturer, Aberdare

E Thomas & Williams Limited

1860
1880-1958, sexologist; advocate of birth control, British; Scottish

Stopes, Marie

1880 - 1958
1842-1877, manufacturers, London

Parker Field & Sons

1842 - 1877
1876-1960s, druggist; manufacturer of pharmaceutical & chemical preparations; distiller, Southwark

Wright, Layman and Umney Limited

1876 - 1969
1842-1890, inventor, motion picture pioneer, Metz, France

Le Prince, Louis Aimé Augustin

1842 - 1890
1853-1936, collector; pharmacist; benefactor, American; naturalised British

Wellcome, Sir Henry Solomon

1853 - 1936
active 1863 -1952, manufacturer of pharmaceuticals; manufacturer of dyestuffs, German

Farbwerke vorm Meister Lucius und Brüning

1880 - 1952
1876-1999, manufacturer of microscopes, Vienna, Austria

Reichert

1876 - 1999
1852-1895, wife of William Friese-Greene, Swiss

Friese-Greene, Helena

1852 - 1895
1878-1974, bookseller; stationer; printer; picture frame maker, British

Mawson, Swan & Morgan

1878 - 1974
active 1832-1922, optician & mathematical instrument maker, Dublin, Ireland

Yeates and Son

1832 - 1922
active 1851-1950, globe maker; mathematical & scientific instrument maker; optician, London, England, British

Newton and Company Limited

1851
1879-, manufacturer of instruments and control equipment, Frankfurt, Germany

Hartmann and Braun

1879
1847-1966, manufacturer of ceramics, Stoke on Trent, England

W T Copeland and Sons Limited

1847 - 1966
Friese-Greene, William

Friese-Greene, William

1855 - 1921
1851-1903, bacteriologist, French

Chamberland, Charles

1851 - 1908
1844-1968, tobacco manufacturer, Spitalfields, London, England

Godfrey Phillips Limited

1844 - 1968
1847-1922, railway company, England

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway

1847 - 1922
1832-2002, manufacturer, Newton-le-Willows, England

The Vulcan Foundry

1832 - 2002
1842-, manufacturer of ceramics, Burslem, England

John Maddock and Sons Limited

1842
active 1865-1982, manufacturer of ceramics, English; British

Langley MIll Pottery

1865
Turner, Edward Raymond

Turner, Edward Raymond

1873 - 1903
active 1871-1959, manufactuer of sewing machines; manufacturer of calculating machines, Braunschweig, Germany

Brunsviga Maschinenwerke AG

1871 - 1959
c. 1875 -1998, manufacturer of ceramics, Burslem, England

Dunn, Bennett and Company Limited

1878 - 1998
1832-1914, artist, British

Ascroft, William

1832 - 1914
1834-1891, orthopaedic surgeon, British

Thomas, Hugh Owen

1834 - 1891