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Patient of Edward Jenner; First person to received Vaccination

Phipps, James

1788 - 1853
1815-1852, mathematician; computer pioneer, British

Lovelace, Ada

1815 - 1852

Walker, John

1781 - 1859
1827-1912, surgeon; physician; developer of a system of antiseptic surgery, English; British

Lister, Joseph

1827 - 1912

Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871

Parkes, Alexander

1813 - 1890
1687-1748, instrument maker, Dutch

Musschenbroek, Jan van

1687 - 1748
1838-1907, chemist, English; British

Perkin, Sir William Henry

1838 - 1907
active 1828-1947, marine & aeronautical navigational instrument maker, London, England, British

Henry Hughes and Son Limited

1828 - 1947
1843-1910, microbiologist and Nobel prize winner, German

Koch, Robert

1843 - 1910
1819-1868, dentist who used anaesthetic; physician, American

Morton, William Thomas Green

1819 - 1868
active 1749-1806, sundial maker; optical, mathematical, philosophical inst. maker & natural philosopher, British

Nairne, Edward

1726 - 1806
1836-1917, physician, British

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett

1836 - 1917
1813-1897, zoologist, Danish, Denmark

Steenstrup, Johannes Japetus Smith

1813 - 1897
1817-1889, metallurgist; physician, British

Percy, John

1817 - 1889
1839-1932, shipping company, British

Royal Mail Steam Packet Company

1839 - 1932
1847-1966, manufacturer of ceramics, Stoke on Trent, England

W T Copeland and Sons Limited

1847 - 1966
1799-1883, bobbin manufacturer; aeronautical engineer; portrait photographer, English, British

Stringfellow, John

1799 - 1883
1493-1541, alchemist; physician; astrologer; general occultist, Swiss

Paracelsus

1493 - 1541
1564-1642, astronomer; mathematician, Italian

Galilei, Galileo

1564 - 1642
1818-1865, physician, Hungarian

Semmelweis, Ignaz Philipp

1818 - 1865
1624-1689, physician, English

Sydenham, Thomas

1624 - 1689
1828-1918, manufacturer of engines; manufacturer of agricultural machinery, Grantham, England

R. Hornsby and Sons Limited

1828 - 1918
1716-1774, lecturer and professor of anatomy, Italian

Manzolini, Anna Morandi

1716 - 1774
1780-1872, polymath; science writer; mathematics expositor, British

Somerville, Mary Fairfax

1780 - 1872
1793-1830, active 1820s, ironmonger; nail manufacturer; brassfounder, British

Sparrow, Isaac Earlysman

1793 - 1830
bap. 1723, d. 1791; active 1747-1784, optician, Welsh; British

Watkins, Francis

1723 - 1791
1850-1888, electrical engineer; inventor; patentee, French

Gaulard, Lucien

1850 - 1888
1827-1894, active 1854, sewing machine manufacturer, British

Wilson, William Newton

1827 - 1894

Nasmyth, James Hall

1808 - 1890
1813-1871, photographer; biologist, French

Bertsch, Auguste Adolphe

1813 - 1871
1704-1782, active 1738-1777, science lecturer, philosophical, mathematical & optical instrument maker, Chichester, Sussex; London, England, British

Martin, Benjamin

1705 - 1782
1833 - 1883, inventor; engineer, British; English

Vansittart, Henrietta

1833 - 1883
1825-about 1980s, manufacturer, West Bromwich, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, British

George Salter and Company

1825 - 1990
active 1792-1829, body snatcher, Edinburgh / British

Burke, William

1792 - 1829
1752-1834; inventor; French

Jacquard, Joseph Marie

1752 - 1834
1802-1877, artist, mathematician; photographer, British; Welsh

Jones, Calvert Richard

1804 - 1877
1717-c.1955, button maker, Birmingham

Hammond Turner and Sons Limited

1717 - 1955
1787-1854, painter; writer; inventor, English; British

Brockedon, William

1787 - 1854
1837-c.1969, optical instrument manufacturer, London, England

W Watson and Sons Limited

1837 - 1969
1816-1968, manufacturer of pharmaceutical products, Edinburgh, Scotland

Duncan Flockhart and Company Limited

1816
active 1828-1841/1850?, surgical instrument manufacturer, London

J and S Maw

1828
active 1890s?-1945, optical instrument maker, Jena, Germany

Carl Zeiss, Jena

1846
1820-current (2009), manufacturer of dental appliances; manufacturer of dentures, England, British

Claudius Ash

1820
1846-, iron founder, West Bromwich, England

Joseph and Jesse Siddons

1846

Franklin, Benjamin

1706 - 1790

Maskelyne, Nevil

1732 - 1811

Buckland, Francis Trevelyan

1826 - 1880

Manby, George William

1765 - 1854

Guizot, Francoise Pierre Guillaume

1787 - 1874