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Alexander Parkes

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

William Thomas Green Morton

1819 - 1868

Charles Babbage

1791 - 1871
1818-1865, physician, Hungarian

Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis

1818 - 1865
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
1815-1852, mathematician; computer pioneer, British

Ada Lovelace

1815 - 1852

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

W and T Avery Limited

1813 - 1979
1616-1654, physician; astrologer; apothecary, British

Nicholas Culpeper

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

John Snow

1813 - 1858
Mr

George Stephenson

1781 - 1848

Isambard Kingdom Brunel

1806 - 1859
1771-1833, mining engineer, English; British

Richard Trevithick

1771 - 1833
1799-1871, botanist; photographic artist, British

Anna Atkins

1799 - 1871
1749-1978, hospital, English

Liverpool Royal Infirmary

1749 - 1978
1624-1689, physician, English

Thomas Sydenham

1624 - 1689
Sir

Charles Wheatstone

1802 - 1875

Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve

1793 - 1864
1755-1843, homeopathist physician, German

Samuel Hahnemann

1755 - 1843
1820-1910, reformer of Army medical services and of nursing, British; English

Florence Nightingale

1820 - 1910
1736-1819, mechanical engineer; scientist, Scottish; British

James Watt

1736 - 1819
1818-1984, lock and safe manufacturer, England, British

Chubb and Son's Lock and Safe Company Limited

1818 - 1984
1820-1962, periodical and magazine, London

John Bull Magazine

1820 - 1962
1660-1969, telecommunications company, Britain

General Post Office

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

Charles Babbage

1791 - 1871
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
1819-1999, submarine engineers, manufacturer of diving and breathing apparatus, United Kingdom

Siebe Gorman and Company Limited

1819 - 1999
Mr

Timothy Hackworth

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

Thomas Tompion

1639 - 1713
1819-1867, inventor; sewing machine pioneer, American

Elias Howe

1819 - 1867
1810-c. 1960, poster printer; printer, Dunstable and London

Waterlow and Sons Limited

1810 - 1960
1754-1814, wax modeller, Italian

Clemente Susini

1754 - 1814
1818-1889, physicist, English, British

James Prescott Joule

1818 - 1889
1717-c.1955, button maker, Birmingham

Hammond Turner and Sons Limited

1717 - 1955
1642-1727, natural philosopher; mathematician, English

Isaac Newton

1642 - 1727

Thomas Hancock

1786 - 1865
1684/5-1761, medical practitioner; inventor of medicines, English

Joshua Ward

1684 - 1761
active 1749-1806, sundial maker; optical, mathematical, philosophical inst. maker & natural philosopher, British

Edward Nairne

1726 - 1806
1810-1882, plumber; sanitary engineer, British

George Jennings

1810 - 1882

Richard Trevithick

1771 - 1833
1718-1807, physician; clergyman, English

Francis Willis

1718 - 1807
1799-1865, active 1812-1865, physician; army medical officer, English

James Barry

1789 - 1865
Mr

Edmund Cartwright

1743 - 1823
active 1826-1879, wax modeller, English; British

Joseph Towne

1806 - 1879
Mr

John Benjamin Dancer

1812 - 1887