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1798-1884, chemist; pharmacist, English

Squire, Peter

1798 - 1884
1835-1955, opticians, optics and photographic and camera maker, Birmingham

J Lancaster and Son

1835 - 1955
active 1828-1947, marine & aeronautical navigational instrument maker, London, England, British

Henry Hughes and Son Limited

1828 - 1947
active 1829-1928, surgical instrument maker, London, England, British

Arnold and Sons

1829 - 1928

Swan, Joseph Wilson

1828 - 1914
1827-1912, surgeon; physician; developer of a system of antiseptic surgery, English; British

Lister, Joseph

1827 - 1912
1799-1871, botanist; photographic artist, British

Atkins, Anna

1799 - 1871
1790-1878, inventor; Church of Scotland minister/clergyman, Scottish; British

Stirling, Robert

1790 - 1878
1824-1914, science writer; aeronaut, French

Fonvielle, Wilfrid de

1824 - 1914
1785-1851, artist; naturalist; ornithologist, American

Audubon, John James

1785 - 1851
c. 1828-1889?, apprenticed 1844 to Brumby & Middleton, merchants & factors of Sheffield, British

Sawyer, John Robert Mather

1828 - 1889
1729-1777, [nicknamed the Macaroni Parson] Church of England clergyman; forger, British

Dodd, William

1729 - 1777
active 1808-1847, compass maker; optician & mathematical, philosophical instrument maker, London, England, British

Bate, Robert Brettell

1782 - 1847
1813-1979, manufacturer, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, British

W and T Avery Limited

1813 - 1979
1788-1863, cleric; writer; photographer; traveller, British

Bridges, George Wilson

1788 - 1863
1849-1907 artist; caricaturist for Vanity Fair, French

Chartran, Theobald

1849 - 1907
1818-1984, lock and safe manufacturer, England, British

Chubb and Son's Lock and Safe Company Limited

1818 - 1984
1847-1922, teacher of deaf people; inventor of telephone, Scottish; American

Bell, Alexander Graham

1847 - 1922
1835-present, journal, British

Railway Gazette International

1835
1660-1713, natural philosopher; scientific instrument maker, English

Hauksbee, Francis

1660 - 1713
active 1878-1911, scientific instrument manufacturer, London, England

Hicks, James Joseph

1837 - 1916
1797-1867, photographer, French

Claudet, Antoine

1797 - 1867
1819-1889, photographer; inventor, French

Disdéri, André-Adolphe-Eugène

1819 - 1889
1813-1901, photographer; politician, English; British

Mayall, John Jabez Edwin

1813 - 1901
1819-1999, submarine engineers, manufacturer of diving and breathing apparatus, United Kingdom

Siebe Gorman and Company Limited

1819 - 1999
1841-1880, active 1874, cycle manufacturer, inventor of ball bearing, British

Rudge, Daniel

1841 - 1880
1794-1874, civil engineer, England, British

Rennie, Sir John

1794 - 1874
1834-1864, publisher, High Holborn

John Weale

1834 - 1864
1802-1875, pioneer of telegraphy, scientist and contributor to optics, English; British

Wheatstone, Sir Charles

1802 - 1875
1788-1873, inventor of the electric telegraph; meteorologist, British; English

Ronalds, Sir Francis

1788 - 1873
1800-1877, pioneer of photography; photographer, English; British

Talbot, William Henry Fox

1800 - 1877
1850-1971, optics manufacturer, Bromley

Wray Optical Works Ltd.

1850 - 1971
1842-1877, manufacturers, London

Parker Field & Sons

1842 - 1877
Photographer, Inventor

Warnerke, Leon

1837 - 1900
1824-1889, engraver; etcher; artist; printmaker, English; British

Barlow, Thomas Oldham

1824 - 1889
active 1789-1825, optician nautical instrument and telescope maker, English; British

Cary, William

1759 - 1825

Cudworth, William John

1848 - 1909
1832-1891, inventor; engineer, German

Otto, Nikolaus August

1832 - 1891
1846-1920, jeweller, Russian

Fabergé, Peter Carl

1846 - 1920
1834-1912, photographer, English; British

Bourne, Samuel

1834 - 1912
1837-1846, railway company, United Kingdom

Manchester & Birmingham Railway

1837 - 1846
1812-1890, organ builder; bicycle designer, German

Fischer, Philipp Moritz

1812 - 1890
1819-1904, marine artist, British; English

Hayes, Edwin

1819 - 1904
1794-1873, pharmacist; botanist, French born; American

Durand, Elias

1794 - 1873
about 1450-about 1512, surgeon, publisher of book on surgery, born Strasbourg, German?

Brunschwig, Hieronymus von

1450 - 1512
1843-1913, educational reformer; politician, British

Stuart, James

1843 - 1913
1812-1889, engineer; astronomer, British; Scottish

Newall, Robert Stirling

1812 - 1889
1810-1882, photographer, British; Welsh

Llewelyn, John Dillwyn

1810 - 1882
1831-1916, mathematician, Fellow of Trinity College Cambridge, British; English

Wilkinson, Michael Marlow Umfreville

1831 - 1916
1794-1863, civil engineer, British

Lewin, William

1794 - 1863