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Parkes, Alexander

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

Morton, William Thomas Green

1819 - 1868

Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871
1818-1865, physician, Hungarian

Semmelweis, Ignaz Philipp

1818 - 1865
Patient of Edward Jenner; First person to received Vaccination

Phipps, James

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

Hooke, Robert

1635 - 1703
1800-1890, social reformer; civil servant, British

Chadwick, Sir Edwin

1800 - 1890
1749-1823, physician; surgeon; pioneer of smallpox vaccination, British; English

Jenner, Edward

1749 - 1823
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

Walker, John

1781 - 1859
1815-1852, mathematician; computer pioneer, British

Lovelace, Ada

1815 - 1852

Brunel, Isambard Kingdom

1806 - 1859
1813-1858, anaesthetist; epidemiologist; physician, British; English

Snow, John

1813 - 1858

Stephenson, George

1781 - 1848
1624-1689, physician, English

Sydenham, Thomas

1624 - 1689
1749-1978, hospital, English

Liverpool Royal Infirmary

1749 - 1978
1789 - current (2020), soap manufacturers, Isleworth, England

A and F Pears Limited

1789
1660-1969, telecommunications company, Britain

General Post Office

1660 - 1969
1820-1910, reformer of Army medical services and of nursing, British; English

Nightingale, Florence

1820 - 1910
1800-1970's?, button manufacturer, London

Jennens and Company Limited

1800
1755-1843, homeopathist physician, German

Hahnemann, Samuel

1755 - 1843
1799-1871, botanist; photographic artist, British

Atkins, Anna

1799 - 1871
1791-1871, mathematician; computer pioneer, England, English; British

Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871
1632-1723, merchant; scientist and microscope maker, Dutch

Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van

1632 - 1723
1818-1984, lock and safe manufacturer, England, British

Chubb and Son's Lock and Safe Company Limited

1818 - 1984
1771-1833, mining engineer, English; British

Trevithick, Richard

1771 - 1833
1818-1889, physicist, English, British

Joule, James Prescott

1818 - 1889

Wheatstone, Charles

1802 - 1875
1819-1999, submarine engineers, manufacturer of diving and breathing apparatus, United Kingdom

Siebe Gorman and Company Limited

1819 - 1999
1736-1819, mechanical engineer; scientist, Scottish; British

Watt, James

1736 - 1819
1819-1867, inventor; sewing machine pioneer, American

Howe, Elias

1819 - 1867
1820-1962, periodical and magazine, London

John Bull Magazine

1820 - 1962
1771-1831, mechanical engineer, tool maker & inventor; patentee English; British

Maudslay, Henry

1771 - 1831
1639-d.1713, horologist; clock-maker; barometer maker and scientific instrument maker, England, English

Tompion, Thomas

1639 - 1713
1816-1968, manufacturer of pharmaceutical products, Edinburgh, Scotland

Duncan Flockhart and Company Limited

1816
1754-1814, wax modeller, Italian

Susini, Clemente

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

Hammond Turner and Sons Limited

1717 - 1955
active 1826-1879, wax modeller, English; British

Towne, Joseph

1806 - 1879
1642-1727, natural philosopher; mathematician, English

Newton, Sir Isaac

1642 - 1727
1810-1882, plumber; sanitary engineer, British

Jennings, George

1810 - 1882
1799-1865, active 1812-1865, physician; army medical officer, English

Barry, James

1795 - 1865
1810-c. 1960, poster printer; printer, Dunstable and London

Waterlow and Sons Limited

1810

Hancock, Thomas

1786 - 1865
1718-1807, physician; clergyman, English

Willis, Francis

1718 - 1807

Boyle, Robert

1627 - 1691
active 1749-1806, sundial maker; optical, mathematical, philosophical inst. maker & natural philosopher, British

Nairne, Edward

1726 - 1806
1711-1778, philosopher and scientist, Italian

Bassi, Laura Maria Caterina

1711 - 1778

Cartwright, Edmund

1743 - 1823
1812-1887, journalist; author; playwright, British.

Mayhew, Henry

1812 - 1887