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1765-1844, architectural writer; mathematician, Scottish; British

Nicholson, Peter

1765 - 1844
1816-1903, engraver, British, United Kingdom

Papprill, Henry

1816 - 1903
1814-1878, physician; physicist, German

Mayer, Julius Robert von

1814 - 1878
1767-1828, physician, German

Meyer, Heinrich

1767 - 1828
1672-1755, astronomer; mathematician, British; English

Hodgson, James

1672 - 1755
1794-1878, mycologist; botanist, Swedish

Fries, Elias Magnus

1794 - 1878
1835-1916, psychiatrist, French

Magnan, Valentin

1835 - 1916
1807-1866, gem engraver; medallist, Swedish born; French

Salmson, Jean Baptiste

1807 - 1866
1788-1856, sculptor; medallist, French

D'Angers, David

1788 - 1856
1801-1875, painter, British, United Kingdom

Knell, William Adolphus

1801 - 1875
1797-1888, King of Prussia, 1861-1888

Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig

1797 - 1888
1748-1832, philosopher; jurist; reformer, English

Bentham, Jeremy

1748 - 1832
1837-1936, physician; pathologist; hygienist, French

Brouardel, Paul Camille Hippolyte

1837 - 1906
1771-1815, Duke of Brunswick and Luneberg, German

Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick Wolfenbuttel

1771 - 1815
c. 1692-1776, active 1742-1770, medallist; coin engraver, Italian-born, British

Pingo, Thomas

1692 - 1712
1796-1867, calico printer, British; Scottish

Crum, Walter

1796 - 1867
1772-1845, watchmaker; minature watchmaker; minature automata specialist, Geneva, Switzerland, Swiss

Meylan, Philippe-Samuel

1772 - 1845
1767- 1815, marshal; cavalry officer, French

Murat, Joachim Napoleon

1767 - 1815
1752-1840, physician; naturalist; physiologist; anthropologist. German

Blumenbach, Johann Friedrich

1752 - 1840
1676-1763, medallist, Swiss

Dassier, Jean

1676 - 1763
1718-1791, physician, Irish

Quin, Henry

1718 - 1791
1786-1837, telegraph pioneer; diplomat, Estonian

Schilling, Pavel

1786 - 1837
1848-1926, professor of chemistry, Austrian

Soxhlet, Franz von

1848 - 1926
British; sculptor; 1813–1862

Thomas, John

1813 - 1862
1764-1847, physician; military, German

Wiebel, Johann Wilhelm von

1764 - 1847

Clement, Joseph

1779 - 1844
1791-1847, Marie-Louise of Austria, Consort of Napoleon I, Duchess of Parma

Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma

1791 - 1847
1811-1832, Duke of Reichstadt, Emperor of the French

Bonaparte, Napoleon Francis Joseph Charles

1811 - 1832
1843-1877, soldier; photographer, British

Swiney, Captain Hugh Bladen

1843 - 1877
1749-1806, engraver, British

Chesham, Francis

1749 - 1806
1817-1889, metallurgist; physician, British

Percy, John

1817 - 1889
active 1844-1929, patentee of the Lowne's portable spirometer, British

Lowne, Robert Mann

1844 - 1929
1824-1893, brewer, benefactor, Scottish, British

Walker, Sir Andrew Barclay

1824 - 1893
1799-1883, architect, English, British

Cubitt, Lewis

1709 - 1883
active 1856, sculptor, French

Cavelier, Pierre-Jules

1814 - 1894
1668-1749, shipbuilder, English?; British

Acworth, Sir Jacob

1668 - 1749
1788-1869, merchant and railway administrator and director, British

Booth, Henry

1788 - 1869
1754-1811, engraver, French

Chrétien, Gilles Louis

1754 - 1811
active 1850-1869, chartered civil engineer, England, British

Metford, William Ellis

1824 - 1899
1801-1883, physicist, inventor, Belgium

Plateau, Joseph

1801 - 1883
active 1830s-1860s, sculptor; medallist, French

Vauthier-Gallé, Adrien

1818 - 1899
1803-1874, hydropathy practitioner, English; British

Smedley, John

1803 - 1874
1850-1923, surgeon, British; English

Harrison Cripps, William

1850 - 1923
1677-1740, medallist, active Nuremburg, German

Vestner, Georg Wilhelm

1677 - 1740
1763-1821, ophthalmologist, Austrian

Beer, Georg Joseph

1763 - 1821
1847-1854, railway company

York, Newcastle & Berwick Railway

1847 - 1854
1804-1867, printer; inventor of type of colour printing process, British, English

Baxter, George

1804 - 1867
1736-1818, traveller, author, Scottish, British

Brydone, Patrick

1736 - 1818
1794-1854, aritist; historical painter, German

Begas, Carl Joseph

1794 - 1854
1816-1896, textile merchant; telegraph entrepreneur; submarine communications cable pioneer, British; Scottish

Pender, Sir John

1816 - 1896