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

Lister, Joseph

1827 - 1912
1845-c1955, optical instrument, lens and camera makers, Germany

Emil Busch AG

1845

Muybridge, Florado Helios

1873 - 1944
Patient of Edward Jenner; First person to received Vaccination

Phipps, James

1788 - 1853
1806-1875, neurologist, France

Duchenne, Guillaume Benjamin Amand

1806 - 1875
1879-current (2020), manufacturer of surgical instruments, London, England

Downs Surgical Limited

1879

Parkes, Alexander

1813 - 1890

Stephenson, George

1781 - 1848
1875-1969, meteorological, aviation & surveying instrument manufacturer, London, England

Short and Mason Limited

1875 - 1969
1863-1944, chemist; inventor, Belgian; American

Baekeland, Leo Hendrik

1863 - 1944
active 1828-1947, marine & aeronautical navigational instrument maker, London, England, British

Henry Hughes and Son Limited

1828 - 1947
1625-1695, natural philosopher; mathematical instrument maker; engineer; inventor; diplomat; English

Morland, Sir Samuel

1625 - 1695

Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871

Rickett, Thomas

1825
1887-?, manufacturer of linen, clothing, merchants, general outfitters, Belfast; London

Robinson and Cleaver Limited

1874
active 1808-1847, compass maker; optician & mathematical, philosophical instrument maker, London, England, British

Bate, Robert Brettell

1782 - 1847
1878-1969, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, Manchester & London, England

J Halden and Company Limited

1878 - 1969

Hancock, Thomas

1786 - 1865
1853-1917, inventor; camera manufacturer; manufacturer of optical devices; camera retailer, Belgian

van Neck, Louis

1853 - 1917
1839-1932, shipping company, British

Royal Mail Steam Packet Company

1839 - 1932
1792-1871, mathematician and astronomer, English; British

Herschel, Sir John Frederick William

1792 - 1871
1799-1883, bobbin manufacturer; aeronautical engineer; portrait photographer, English, British

Stringfellow, John

1799 - 1883
1632-1723, merchant; scientist and microscope maker, Dutch

Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van

1632 - 1723
1838-1907, chemist, English; British

Perkin, Sir William Henry

1838 - 1907
1850-1892, doctor; murderer, British; American

Cream, Thomas Neill

1850 - 1892
1828-1918, manufacturer of engines; manufacturer of agricultural machinery, Grantham, England

R. Hornsby and Sons Limited

1828 - 1918
1843-1910, microbiologist and Nobel prize winner, German

Koch, Robert

1843 - 1910
1752 or 1754-1811, medallist, die-engraver, German; Prussian

Abramson, Abraham

1752 - 1811
1835-1911, railway manager, British; English

Scotter, Sir Charles

1835 - 1911

Bradshaw, George

1801 - 1853

Swan, Joseph Wilson

1828 - 1914

Maxim, Hiram Stevens

1840 - 1916

W and T Avery Limited

1813 - 1979
1850-1917, inventor, film maker, chronophotographer, physiologist, French

Demeny, Georges

1850 - 1917
1846-1926, ophthalmologist, Swiss

Landolt, Edmund

1846 - 1926
active 1834-1981, manufacturers of glass, Barnsley, England

Wood Brothers Glass Company Limited

1834 - 1981
1635-1703, natural philosopher, Isle of Wight, England, English

Hooke, Robert

1635 - 1703
1831-1915, arctic explorer; surveyor; researcher; conservationist, British

Nares, Sir George Strong

1831 - 1915
1800-present, manufacturer, Hanley

Dudson Bros

1800
1836-1917, physician, British

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett

1836 - 1917
active 1806-1861, scientific instrument maker, British; English

Jones, Thomas

1775 - 1852
1876-1999, manufacturer of microscopes, Vienna, Austria

Reichert

1876 - 1999
1819-1868, dentist who used anaesthetic; physician, American

Morton, William Thomas Green

1819 - 1868
1825-about 1980s, manufacturer, West Bromwich, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, British

George Salter and Company

1825 - 1990
active 1837-1900, model-maker, Darmstadt, Germany, German

Schroeder, J

1837
1878-1967, motor vehicle and bicycle manufacturer, Coventry, England, British

Rover Company

1878
1857-about 1948, manufacturer of sewing machines, American

Willcox and Gibbs Sewing Machine Company

1857
1842-, manufacturer of ceramics, Burslem, England

John Maddock and Sons Limited

1842
1655-current, button and metal badge manufacturer, London

Firmin and Sons Limited

1638
active 1867-?, surgical instrument maker, Tuttlingen, Germany

Jetter and Scheerer

1867