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1836-1917, physician, British

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett

1836 - 1917
active 1828-1947, marine & aeronautical navigational instrument maker, London, England, British

Henry Hughes and Son Limited

1828 - 1947

Parkes, Alexander

1813 - 1890
1819-1868, dentist who used anaesthetic; physician, American

Morton, William Thomas Green

1819 - 1868
1827-1912, surgeon; physician; developer of a system of antiseptic surgery, English; British

Lister, Joseph

1827 - 1912

Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871
1818-1865, physician, Hungarian

Semmelweis, Ignaz Philipp

1818 - 1865
Patient of Edward Jenner; First person to received Vaccination

Phipps, James

1788 - 1853
1635-1703, natural philosopher, Isle of Wight, England, English

Hooke, Robert

1635 - 1703
1845-c1955, optical instrument, lens and camera makers, Germany

Emil Busch AG

1845
1800-1890, social reformer; civil servant, British

Chadwick, Sir Edwin

1800 - 1890
1838-1907, chemist, English; British

Perkin, Sir William Henry

1838 - 1907
1749-1823, physician; surgeon; pioneer of smallpox vaccination, British; English

Jenner, Edward

1749 - 1823
active 1829-1895, microbiologist; chemist, French

Pasteur, Louis

1822 - 1895
1786-1901, brand name used to 1990s, cigarette manufacturer; tobacco company, Bristol, England

W D and H O Wills Limited

1786 - 1901
active 1829-1928, surgical instrument maker, London, England, British

Arnold and Sons

1829 - 1928
1813-1979, manufacturer, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, British

W and T Avery Limited

1813 - 1979

Swan, Joseph Wilson

1828 - 1914

Walker, John

1781 - 1859
1843-1910, microbiologist and Nobel prize winner, German

Koch, Robert

1843 - 1910
1829-1901, physiologist, German

Fick, Adolf Eugen

1829 - 1901
1815-1852, mathematician; computer pioneer, British

Lovelace, Ada

1815 - 1852

Brunel, Isambard Kingdom

1806 - 1859
active 1834-1981, manufacturers of glass, Barnsley, England

Wood Brothers Glass Company Limited

1834 - 1981
1616-1654, physician; astrologer; apothecary, British

Culpeper, Nicholas

1616 - 1654
1813-1858, anaesthetist; epidemiologist; physician, British; English

Snow, John

1813 - 1858
1837-c.1969, optical instrument manufacturer, London, England

W Watson and Sons Limited

1837 - 1969

Stephenson, George

1781 - 1848
1624-1689, physician, English

Sydenham, Thomas

1624 - 1689
1749-1978, hospital, English

Liverpool Royal Infirmary

1749 - 1978
1789 - current (2020), soap manufacturers, Isleworth, England

A and F Pears Limited

1789
1857-1960s?, manufacturer of laundry machines and appliances, Manchester, England

Thomas Bradford and Company

1850 - 1991
1660-1969, telecommunications company, Britain

General Post Office

1660 - 1969
1844-1968, tobacco manufacturer, Spitalfields, London, England

Godfrey Phillips Limited

1844 - 1968
1820-1910, reformer of Army medical services and of nursing, British; English

Nightingale, Florence

1820 - 1910
1800-1970's?, button manufacturer, London

Jennens and Company Limited

1800
1755-1843, homeopathist physician, German

Hahnemann, Samuel

1755 - 1843
1825-about 1980s, manufacturer, West Bromwich, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, British

George Salter and Company

1825 - 1990
1799-1871, botanist; photographic artist, British

Atkins, Anna

1799 - 1871
1832-2002, manufacturer, Newton-le-Willows, England

The Vulcan Foundry

1832 - 2002
1578-1657, physician; discoverer of the circulation of the blood, English

Harvey, William

1578 - 1657
1791-1871, mathematician; computer pioneer, England, English; British

Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871
1632-1723, merchant; scientist and microscope maker, Dutch

Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van

1632 - 1723
1836-1906, camera manufacturer, Northern Irish; British

McKellen, Samuel Dunseith

1836 - 1906
1818-1984, lock and safe manufacturer, England, British

Chubb and Son's Lock and Safe Company Limited

1818 - 1984
1771-1833, mining engineer, English; British

Trevithick, Richard

1771 - 1833
1842-1978, camera and film manufacturer, Binghamton, N.Y.

Ansco

1842 - 1967
active 1878-1911, scientific instrument manufacturer, London, England

Hicks, James Joseph

1837 - 1916
1842-, manufacturer of ceramics, Burslem, England

John Maddock and Sons Limited

1842
1818-1889, physicist, English, British

Joule, James Prescott

1818 - 1889