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Walker, John

1781 - 1859
Patient of Edward Jenner; First person to received Vaccination

Phipps, James

1788 - 1853
1785-1861, engineer; millwright, English; British

Cubitt, Sir William

1785 - 1861

Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871
active 1808-1847, compass maker; optician & mathematical, philosophical instrument maker, London, England, British

Bate, Robert Brettell

1782 - 1847

Stephenson, George

1781 - 1848
1735-1803, inventor; mechanic; mathematical instrument maker, Dutch

Merlin, John Joseph

1735 - 1803
1792-1851, inventor of ticket-printing machinery, British

Edmondson, Thomas

1792 - 1851
1823-1834, scientific instrument maker, Edinburgh, Scotland

Adie, Alexander

1775 - 1204
1578-1657, physician; discoverer of the circulation of the blood, English

Harvey, William

1578 - 1657
active 1674-1760, surgeon, French

Petit, Jean Louis

1674 - 1760
1750 - about 1975, lock manufacturer, brass founder, Wolverhampton, England

Gibbons of Wolverhampton

1750 - 1975
1635-1703, natural philosopher, Isle of Wight, England, English

Hooke, Robert

1635 - 1703
1785-1851, artist; naturalist; ornithologist, American

Audubon, John James

1785 - 1851
1729-1777, [nicknamed the Macaroni Parson] Church of England clergyman; forger, British

Dodd, William

1729 - 1777
1788-1863, cleric; writer; photographer; traveller, British

Bridges, George Wilson

1788 - 1863
1660-1713, natural philosopher; scientific instrument maker, English

Hauksbee, Francis

1660 - 1713
1797-1867, photographer, French

Claudet, Antoine

1797 - 1867
1794-1874, civil engineer, England, British

Rennie, Sir John

1794 - 1874
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
active 1789-1825, optician nautical instrument and telescope maker, English; British

Cary, William

1759 - 1825
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
1794-1863, civil engineer, British

Lewin, William

1794 - 1863
1765-1821, medical lecturer, British?

Wilson, James

1765 - 1821
1799-1859, mathematician; writer, British

Grant, Horace

1799 - 1859
1784-1863, naval officer; ship designer; politician, English; British

Elliot, George

1784 - 1863
1778-1823, mechanical engineer, American

Dod, Daniel

1778 - 1823
c. 1732-1799, drew and later revised an engineering plan for the River Thames, 1770-1774

Whitworth, Robert

1732 - 1799
1772-1844, naturalist, French

Saint-Hilaire, Etienne Geoffroy

1772 - 1844
1679-1710, chemist, German

Rothe, Gottfried

1679 - 1710
1533-1606, master pilot; cartographer, Dutch

Waghenaer, Lucas Janszoon

1533 - 1606
1793-1850, architect; engineer, Scottish; British

Handyside, William

1793 - 1850
active 1757-1809, shipbuilder, Sweden, Swedish

Chapman, Fredrik Henrik

1721 - 1808
1669-1734, 1st Baron King, Lord Chancellor, English

King, Peter

1669 - 1734
1576-1621, colonial governor, English

Carver, John

1576 - 1621
c. 1620-1684, physicist; plant physiologist; priest, French

Mariotte, Edmé

1620 - 1684
1538-1606, astronomical instrument and clock maker,

Habermel, Erasmus

1538 - 1606
1781-1840, mathematician; geometer; physicist, French

Poisson, Siméon-Denis

1781 - 1840
1773-c1876

British Cast Plate Glass Company

1773 - 1876
1757-1837, hydraulic engineer, German

Woltman, Reinhard

1712 - 1837
1795-1864, sculptor, British

Behnes, William

1795 - 1864
1710-1777, printmaker; engraver, French born; active England

Canot, Pierre-Charles

1710 - 1777
1749-1836, engraver; cartographer, British; English

Faden, William

1749 - 1836
1798-1827, geographer; draughtsman, French

Hebert, Louis

1798 - 1827
1749-1823, physician; surgeon; pioneer of smallpox vaccination, British; English

Jenner, Edward

1749 - 1823
active, 1812-1856, optical, mathematical, philosophical & nautical inst. maker & optician, British

Newman, John Frederick

1783 - 1860
1638-1715, King of France, known as the Sun King

Louis XIV

1638 - 1715
1634/5-1724, sundial maker; mathematical, optical & scientific instrument maker, England & Paris, France

Butterfield, Michael

1634 - 1724