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1786-1869, wine merchant; amateur microscopist, British; English

Lister, Joseph Jackson

1786 - 1869
1661-1749, catholic priest; canon, French

Godinot, Jean

1661 - 1749
1750-1848, astronomer, German

Herschel, Caroline Lucretia

1750 - 1848
1793-1821, government board, British

The Society of Agriculture

1793 - 1821
1739/40-1817, aeronaut; military theorist; army officer, English

Money, John

1739 - 1817
1849-1922, lawyer; mathematician, British

Kempe, Sir Alfred Bray

1849 - 1922
1845-1865, railway company, United Kingdom

Scottish Central Railway

1845 - 1865
1832-1913, marine and general engineer, Scottish; British

Howden, James

1832 - 1913
1839-1932, shipping company, British

Royal Mail Steam Packet Company

1839 - 1932
1797-1875, geologist, British

Lyell, Sir Charles

1797 - 1875
1837-1925, locomotive engineer, British

Holden, James

1837 - 1925
1616-1654, physician; astrologer; apothecary, British

Culpeper, Nicholas

1616 - 1654
1801-1858, physiologist; comparative anatomist, German

Müller, Johan Peter

1801 - 1858
1819-1867, inventor; sewing machine pioneer, American

Howe, Elias

1819 - 1867
1841-1928, physician; anatomist, Polish

Laskowski, Sigismond L

1841 - 1928
1850-1928, physician; homeopath, British

Reed, William Cash

1850 - 1928
1847-1966, manufacturer of ceramics, Stoke on Trent, England

W T Copeland and Sons Limited

1847 - 1966
1812-1877, locomotive engineer, British

Trevithick, Francis

1812 - 1877
1737-1828, physician; inventor of an aerated water apparatus, British

Nooth, Dr John Mervyn

1737 - 1828
1769-1859, naturalist; explorer, German

Humboldt, Alexander von

1769 - 1859
1838-;glass manufacturer; politician; photographer; UK

Stone, Benjamin

1838 - 1914
1813-1873, painter; engraver; illustrator, French

Nanteuil, Celestin

1813 - 1873
1832-1844, railway company, British

Midland Counties Railway

1832 - 1844
1816-1899, news agency founder, German; British

Reuter, Paul Julius

1816 - 1899
1758-1840, physician; astronomer, German

Olbers, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias

1758 - 1840
1810-1894, physician; anatomist, Austrian

Hyrtl, Joseph

1810 - 1894
1792-1871, mathematician and astronomer, English; British

Herschel, Sir John Frederick William

1792 - 1871
1824-1982, newspaper, British

Kent Herald

1824 - 1982
1786-1862, shipping broker, British

Willcox, Brodie McGhie

1786 - 1862
1737-1802

Williams, Thomas

1737 - 1802
1802-1870, artist; photographer, British; Scottish

Hill, David Octavius

1802 - 1870
1758-1828, millwright, French

Brezin, Michel

1758 - 1828
1823-1901, amateur astronomer & selenographer, French

Gaudibert, Casimir Maria

1823 - 1901
1812-1896, physician; inventor of a vaccinator, British

Weir, Thomas Graham

1812 - 1896
1849-1962, locomotive works, Gorton, Manchester

Gorton Works

1849 - 1962
sixth baronet, 1773-1857, aeronautic designer; aeronautical pioneer, British

Cayley, Sir George

1773 - 1857
1756-1823, artist; portraitist, Scottish; British

Raeburn, Sir Henry

1756 - 1823
1778-1850, chemist; physicist, French

Gay-Lussac, Joseph-Louis

1778 - 1850
1724-1792, civil engineer, English

Smeaton, John

1724 - 1792
1749-1799, clergyman; natural philosopher, English; British

Bennet, Abraham

1749 - 1799
1841-2002, satirical magazine, England

Punch

1841 - 2002
active 1850-1869, philosophical, chemistry & mathematical instrument/scale maker, London, England

Ladd and Oertling

1849 - 1869
1810-1892, naturalist, opponent of Darwin, French

Quatrefages de Breau, Jean Louis Armand de

1810 - 1892
1779-1780, gigantic infant, English; British

Everitt, Thomas Hills

1702 - 1780
1840-1912, physician; toxicologist; forensic scientist; university professor, British

Mann, John Dixon

1840 - 1912
1826-1894, director (railway company), MP, British

Dent, John Dent

1826 - 1894
1824-1871, photographer, British

Williams, Thomas Richard

1824 - 1871
1743-1820, explorer; naturalist; patron of science, British

Banks, Sir Joseph

1743 - 1820
1789-1850, lithographer; printer, British

Hullmandel, Charles Joseph

1789 - 1850
1776-1861, army officer and colonial official, English; British

Douglas, Sir Howard

1776 - 1861