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1884-1991, button, badge and medal makers, Birmingham

J R Gaunt and Son Limited

1884 - 1991
Patient of Edward Jenner; First person to received Vaccination

Phipps, James

1788 - 1853
1875-1969, meteorological, aviation & surveying instrument manufacturer, London, England

Short and Mason Limited

1875 - 1969
1858-1903, manufacturer of agricultural engines; manufacturer of steam engines, Pershore, England

Edward Humphries and Company Limited

1858 - 1903
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 c. 1894-1968, optical instrument maker, London, England

R and J Beck Limited

1867 - 1968
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
1878-1969, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, Manchester & London, England

J Halden and Company Limited

1878 - 1969
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
1889-2006, electrical equipment manufacturer, British

General Electric Company Limited

1889 - 2006
1879-current (2020), manufacturer of surgical instruments, London, England

Downs Surgical Limited

1879

Constantinesco, George

1881 - 1965
active 1868-1968, optical instrument maker; clock maker, Manchester, England

Thomas Armstrong and Brother

1868 - 1968
1813-1897, zoologist, Danish, Denmark

Steenstrup, Johannes Japetus Smith

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

Percy, John

1817 - 1889
1889-1926, camera and cinema equipment manufacturer, Dresden, Germany

Ernemann Werke

1889 - 1926
1863-1933, spirit photographer, British

Hope, William

1863 - 1933
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
active 1897-1968, laboratory apparatus and instrument maker, London, England

Baird and Tatlock (London) Limited

1897 - 2012
1860-1935, electrical engineer; film-maker, inventor, born Brittany, France

Dickson, William Kennedy Laurie

1860 - 1935
1799-1883, bobbin manufacturer; aeronautical engineer; portrait photographer, English, British

Stringfellow, John

1799 - 1883
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
1900-1907, manufacturer of electrical measuring equipment, Glasgow, Scotland

Kelvin and White

1900 - 1907
1861-1968, manufacturer of ceramics, Hanley, England

G L Ashworth and Brothers Limited

1861 - 1968
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
1898-1931, recording company; gramophone and radio manufacturer, British

Gramophone Company Limited

1898 - 1931
bap. 1723, d. 1791; active 1747-1784, optician, Welsh; British

Watkins, Francis

1723 - 1791
1888-1971, medical scientist; inventor, American

Rife, Royal Raymond

1888 - 1971
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
1889-c.1960, sign manufacturer, Selly Oak

Patent Enamel Co Ltd

1889 - 1960

Rolls, Charles Stewart

1877 - 1910

Burden, Rosa Gladys

1891 - 1940
1880-1934, engineers; manufacturer of pumping engines, Hunslet, Leeds, England

Hathorn, Davey and Company Limited

1880 - 1934