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1894-c.1950s, scientific instrument and radio manufacturers, Croydon, England

Gambrell Brothers Ltd.

1894 - 1959
1884-1991, button, badge and medal makers, Birmingham

J R Gaunt and Son Limited

1884 - 1991
1875-1969, meteorological, aviation & surveying instrument manufacturer, London, England

Short and Mason Limited

1875 - 1969

Walker, John

1781 - 1859
1819-1868, dentist who used anaesthetic; physician, American

Morton, William Thomas Green

1819 - 1868
1879-current (2020), manufacturer of surgical instruments, London, England

Downs Surgical Limited

1879
1878-1969, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, Manchester & London, England

J Halden and Company Limited

1878 - 1969

Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871

Parkes, Alexander

1813 - 1890
1838-1907, chemist, English; British

Perkin, Sir William Henry

1838 - 1907
active 1828-1947, marine & aeronautical navigational instrument maker, London, England, British

Henry Hughes and Son Limited

1828 - 1947
1898-1931, recording company; gramophone and radio manufacturer, British

Gramophone Company Limited

1898 - 1931
1888-1971, medical scientist; inventor, American

Rife, Royal Raymond

1888 - 1971

Swan, Joseph Wilson

1828 - 1914
1827-1912, surgeon; physician; developer of a system of antiseptic surgery, English; British

Lister, Joseph

1827 - 1912
1892-1974, manufacturer of radios, televisions, batteries, white goods and computers, Philadelphia, America

Philco Corporation

1892 - 1974
active 1749-1806, sundial maker; optical, mathematical, philosophical inst. maker & natural philosopher, British

Nairne, Edward

1726 - 1806
1845-c1955, optical instrument, lens and camera makers, Germany

Emil Busch AG

1845
1857-about 1948, manufacturer of sewing machines, American

Willcox and Gibbs Sewing Machine Company

1857

Paxton, Joseph

1803 - 1865

Geary, Stephen

1797 - 1854

Muybridge, Florado Helios

1873 - 1944

Constantinesco, George

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

Thomas Armstrong and Brother

1868 - 1968
Patient of Edward Jenner; First person to received Vaccination

Phipps, James

1788 - 1853
1843-1877, soldier; photographer, British

Swiney, Captain Hugh Bladen

1843 - 1877
1894-1960, poster printer; printer; lithographer, London

The Baynard Press

1894 - 1960
1786-1901, brand name used to 1990s, cigarette manufacturer; tobacco company, Bristol, England

W D and H O Wills Limited

1786 - 1901
1883-1991, telecommunications manufacturer, London

Standard Telephones and Cables PLC

1883 - 1991
1771-1831, mechanical engineer, tool maker & inventor; patentee English; British

Maudslay, Henry

1771 - 1831
1835-1955, opticians, optics and photographic and camera maker, Birmingham

J Lancaster and Son

1835 - 1955
1616-1654, physician; astrologer; apothecary, British

Culpeper, Nicholas

1616 - 1654
1815-1852, mathematician; computer pioneer, British

Lovelace, Ada

1815 - 1852
active 1744-1783, scientific instrument maker, German

Brander, Georg Friedrich

1713 - 1783
1818-1865, physician, Hungarian

Semmelweis, Ignaz Philipp

1818 - 1865
1887-1948(?), haulage firm, British

Carter, Paterson and Company Limited

1887 - 1948
active 1868-1982, adhesive products manufacturer, London

Samuel Jones and Company Limited

1868 - 1982
active c. 1894-1968, optical instrument maker, London, England

R and J Beck Limited

1867 - 1968
1834-1893, wife & assistant to Joseph Lister, surgeon and founder of a system of antisepsis, British

Lister, Agnes Syme

1834 - 1893
1684/5-1761, medical practitioner; inventor of medicines, English

Ward, Joshua

1684 - 1761
1839-1902, manufacturing jeweller; goldsmith; silversith, London, England

Phillips Brothers and Sons

1839 - 1902
c.1829-1905, active from 1857, photographer, French, active in Asia

Mallitte, Oscar Jean Baptiste

1829 - 1905
1877-1926, manufacturer of explosives, Ardeer, Scotland

Nobel's Explosives Company Limited

1877 - 1926
1820-1962, periodical and magazine, London

John Bull Magazine

1820 - 1962
active 1878-1911, scientific instrument manufacturer, London, England

Hicks, James Joseph

1837 - 1916
c. 1875 -1998, manufacturer of ceramics, Burslem, England

Dunn, Bennett and Company Limited

1878 - 1998
active 1829-1928, surgical instrument maker, London, England, British

Arnold and Sons

1829 - 1928

Kadoorie, Elly (KBE)

1867 - 1944
active 1857-1948, manufacturer of precision tools, American

Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing Company

1857 - 1948
1799-1871, botanist; photographic artist, British

Atkins, Anna

1799 - 1871