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Patient of Edward Jenner; First person to received Vaccination

James Phipps

1788 - 1853
1749-1823, physician; surgeon; pioneer of smallpox vaccination, British; English

Edward Jenner

1749 - 1823

John Walker

1781 - 1859
1786-1901, brand name used to 1990s, cigarette manufacturer; tobacco company, Bristol, England

W D and H O Wills Limited

1786 - 1901
Mr

George Stephenson

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

Richard Trevithick

1771 - 1833
1749-1978, hospital, English

Liverpool Royal Infirmary

1749 - 1978
1736-1819, mechanical engineer; scientist, Scottish; British

James Watt

1736 - 1819
1715-current, pharmaceutical manufacturer, England, British

Allen & Hanburys Limited

1715
1755-1843, homeopathist physician, German

Samuel Hahnemann

1755 - 1843
active 1739 - 1949, bell manufacturers, Cripplegate

J. Warner & Sons

1739 - 1949
1771-1831, mechanical engineer, tool maker & inventor; patentee English; British

Henry Maudslay

1771 - 1831
1660-1969, telecommunications company, Britain

General Post Office

1660 - 1969
Mr

Timothy Hackworth

1786 - 1850
1754-1814, wax modeller, Italian

Clemente Susini

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

Hammond Turner and Sons Limited

1717 - 1955

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

Richard Trevithick

1771 - 1833
Mr

Edmund Cartwright

1743 - 1823
1799-1865, active 1812-1865, physician; army medical officer, English

James Barry

1789 - 1865
1718-1807, physician; clergyman, English

Francis Willis

1718 - 1807
1716-1774, lecturer and professor of anatomy, Italian

Anna Morandi Manzolini

1716 - 1774
1789 - current (2020), soap manufacturers, Isleworth, England

A and F Pears Limited

1789
1766-1844, chemist; natural philosopher, English; British

John Dalton

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

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier

1743 - 1794
1759-present, engineering company, Dowlais

Guest Keen & Nettlefolds Ltd

1759
active 1685-1723, optical instrument maker, London, England; English; British

John Marshall

1659 - 1723
1716-1794, naval surgeon; physician, Scottish; British

James Lind

1716 - 1794
Sir

George Cayley

1773 - 1857
Sir

Marc Isambard Brunel

1769 - 1849

Richard Roberts

1789 - 1864
1711-1778, philosopher and scientist, Italian

Laura Maria Caterina Bassi

1711 - 1778
Captain

John Perry

1669 - 1702
1750 - about 1975, lock manufacturer, brass founder, Wolverhampton, England

Gibbons of Wolverhampton

1750 - 1975
1693-1776, horologist and clock-maker, English

John Harrison

1693 - 1776
1668-1738, anatomist; physician; botanist, Dutch

Herman Boerhaave

1668 - 1738
Mr

John Kay

1704 - 1780
1724-1793, active 1754-1793, print seller; publisher; map seller, English

Carington Bowles

1724 - 1793
1764-1834, active 1791-1830, publisher, London, England

Ackermann and Company

1764 - 1834
1673-1751, active 1688-1751 horologist; scientific instrument maker, watchmaker, London, England

George Graham

1673 - 1751
1774-1969, button makers, Birmingham

William Dowler & Sons Limited

1774 - 1969
1704-1782, active 1738-1777, science lecturer, philosophical, mathematical & optical instrument maker, Chichester, Sussex; London, England, British

Benjamin Martin

1705 - 1782
1779-1843, designer; steam locomotive maker, British

William Hedley

1779 - 1843
Mr

John Urpeth Rastrick

1780 - 1856
1789-1938?, iron smelter; coal miner; manufacturer of coal-based products, England

Newton, Chambers and Company Limited

1789 - 1972
active 1681 - present (2010), cutlers and electroplaters, Sheffield

George Butler & Co

1681
1750-1803, philosopher; physicist, Swiss

Ami Argand

1750 - 1803
1787-1854, painter; writer; inventor, English; British

William Brockedon

1787 - 1854