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Patient of Edward Jenner; First person to received Vaccination

Phipps, James

1788 - 1853
1789 - current (2020), soap manufacturers, Isleworth, England

A and F Pears Limited

1789
1800-1970's?, button manufacturer, London

Jennens and Company Limited

1800

Hancock, William

1789 - 1848

Hancock, Thomas

1786 - 1865
1779-1780, gigantic infant, English; British

Everitt, Thomas Hills

1702 - 1780
1799-1883, bobbin manufacturer; aeronautical engineer; portrait photographer, English, British

Stringfellow, John

1799 - 1883
1771-1833, mining engineer, English; British

Trevithick, Richard

1771 - 1833
1796-1848, inventor of textile machines, French

Heilmann, Joshua

1796 - 1848
1718-1807, physician; clergyman, English

Willis, Francis

1718 - 1807
1798-1849, King of Piedmont, reigned 1831-1849,

Charles Albert of Sardinia

1798 - 1849
1514-1564, anatomist; physician, Belgian

Vesalius, Andreas

1514 - 1564
1788-1842, organic chemist, French

Pelletier, Pierre Joseph

1788 - 1842
1635-1703, natural philosopher, Isle of Wight, England, English

Hooke, Robert

1635 - 1703
1800-1890, social reformer; civil servant, British

Chadwick, Sir Edwin

1800 - 1890
1700?-1771, clockmaker; mechanician, British; English

Hindley, Henry

1701 - 1771
1799-1871, botanist; photographic artist, British

Atkins, Anna

1799 - 1871

Walker, John

1781 - 1859

Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871

Hackworth, Timothy

1786 - 1850
1740-(current 2015), silk weavers, Sudbury, England

Vanners Silk Weavers

1740
1754-1814, wax modeller, Italian

Susini, Clemente

1754 - 1814
1561-1626, philosopher; politician, English

Bacon, Francis

1561 - 1626
active 1808-1847, compass maker; optician & mathematical, philosophical instrument maker, London, England, British

Bate, Robert Brettell

1782 - 1847
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
1794-1863, civil engineer, British

Lewin, William

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

Wilson, James

1765 - 1821
1784-1863, naval officer; ship designer; politician, English; British

Elliot, George

1784 - 1863
1799-1859, mathematician; writer, British

Grant, Horace

1799 - 1859
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