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Patient of Edward Jenner; First person to received Vaccination

James Phipps

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

Robert Hooke

1635 - 1703
1749-1823, physician; surgeon; pioneer of smallpox vaccination, British; English

Edward Jenner

1749 - 1823

John Walker

1781 - 1859
1800-1890, social reformer; civil servant, British

Edwin Chadwick

1800 - 1890
1786-1901, brand name used to 1990s, cigarette manufacturer; tobacco company, Bristol, England

W D and H O Wills Limited

1786 - 1901
1616-1654, physician; astrologer; apothecary, British

Nicholas Culpeper

1616 - 1654
Mr

George Stephenson

1781 - 1848
1771-1833, mining engineer, English; British

Richard Trevithick

1771 - 1833
1624-1689, physician, English

Thomas Sydenham

1624 - 1689
1749-1978, hospital, English

Liverpool Royal Infirmary

1749 - 1978
1799-1871, botanist; photographic artist, British

Anna Atkins

1799 - 1871
1755-1843, homeopathist physician, German

Samuel Hahnemann

1755 - 1843
1660-1969, telecommunications company, Britain

General Post Office

1660 - 1969
1791-1871, mathematician; computer pioneer, England, English; British

Charles Babbage

1791 - 1871
1736-1819, mechanical engineer; scientist, Scottish; British

James Watt

1736 - 1819
1771-1831, mechanical engineer, tool maker & inventor; patentee English; British

Henry Maudslay

1771 - 1831
1632-1723, merchant; scientist and microscope maker, Dutch

Antoni van Leeuwenhoek

1632 - 1723
Mr

Timothy Hackworth

1786 - 1850
1639-d.1713, horologist; clock-maker; barometer maker and scientific instrument maker, England, English

Thomas Tompion

1639 - 1713
1754-1814, wax modeller, Italian

Clemente Susini

1754 - 1814
1717-c.1955, button maker, Birmingham

Hammond Turner and Sons Limited

1717 - 1955
active 1749-1806, sundial maker; optical, mathematical, philosophical inst. maker & natural philosopher, British

Edward Nairne

1726 - 1806
1642-1727, natural philosopher; mathematician, English

Isaac Newton

1642 - 1727

Thomas Hancock

1786 - 1865

Richard Trevithick

1771 - 1833
1684/5-1761, medical practitioner; inventor of medicines, English

Joshua Ward

1684 - 1761
1718-1807, physician; clergyman, English

Francis Willis

1718 - 1807
Mr

Edmund Cartwright

1743 - 1823

Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve

1793 - 1864
1799-1865, active 1812-1865, physician; army medical officer, English

James Barry

1789 - 1865
1799-1852, engineer; inventor of types of steam carriage, British; English

Walter Hancock

1799 - 1852

Robert Boyle

1627 - 1691
1789 - current (2020), soap manufacturers, Isleworth, England

A and F Pears Limited

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

Jennens and Company Limited

1800
1716-1774, lecturer and professor of anatomy, Italian

Anna Morandi Manzolini

1716 - 1774
1766-1844, chemist; natural philosopher, English; British

John Dalton

1766 - 1844
1743-1794, chemist & chemical pioneer, French

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier

1743 - 1794
1794-1992, dispensing chemist; druggist, London, England

Savory and Moore Limited

1794 - 1992
1716-1794, naval surgeon; physician, Scottish; British

James Lind

1716 - 1794
Mr

George Bradshaw

1801 - 1853
1711-1778, philosopher and scientist, Italian

Laura Maria Caterina Bassi

1711 - 1778

Richard Roberts

1789 - 1864
Sir

George Cayley

1773 - 1857
Sir

Marc Isambard Brunel

1769 - 1849
active 1685-1723, optical instrument maker, London, England; English; British

John Marshall

1659 - 1723
Captain

John Perry

1669 - 1702
1625-1695, natural philosopher; mathematical instrument maker; engineer; inventor; diplomat; English

Samuel Morland

1625 - 1695
1750 - about 1975, lock manufacturer, brass founder, Wolverhampton, England

Gibbons of Wolverhampton

1750 - 1975

George Hudson

1800 - 1871