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Walker, John

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

Morton, William Thomas Green

1819 - 1868

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

Swan, Joseph Wilson

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

Lister, Joseph

1827 - 1912
active 1749-1806, sundial maker; optical, mathematical, philosophical inst. maker & natural philosopher, British

Nairne, Edward

1726 - 1806

Paxton, Joseph

1803 - 1865

Geary, Stephen

1797 - 1854
Patient of Edward Jenner; First person to received Vaccination

Phipps, James

1788 - 1853
1786-1901, brand name used to 1990s, cigarette manufacturer; tobacco company, Bristol, England

W D and H O Wills Limited

1786 - 1901
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
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
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
1820-1962, periodical and magazine, London

John Bull Magazine

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

Hicks, James Joseph

1837 - 1916
active 1829-1928, surgical instrument maker, London, England, British

Arnold and Sons

1829 - 1928
1799-1871, botanist; photographic artist, British

Atkins, Anna

1799 - 1871
active 1834-1981, manufacturers of glass, Barnsley, England

Wood Brothers Glass Company Limited

1834 - 1981
active 1796-1831, optician, optical & mathematical instrument maker, English; British

Bancks, Robert

1796 - 1831
1836-1917, physician, British

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett

1836 - 1917
1829-1901, physiologist, German

Fick, Adolf Eugen

1829 - 1901
1837-c.1969, optical instrument manufacturer, London, England

W Watson and Sons Limited

1837 - 1969

Hackworth, Timothy

1786 - 1850

Rickett, Thomas

1825
1740-(current 2015), silk weavers, Sudbury, England

Vanners Silk Weavers

1740
active 1836-1923, surgical and instrument maker and supplier, British

Coxeter

1836
1789 - current (2020), soap manufacturers, Isleworth, England

A and F Pears Limited

1789
1800-current (2010), chemical manufacturer, Glasgow, Scotland

Charles Tennant and Company

1800

Franklin, Benjamin

1706 - 1790

Maskelyne, Nevil

1732 - 1811

Buckland, Francis Trevelyan

1826 - 1880

Manby, George William

1765 - 1854

Guizot, Francoise Pierre Guillaume

1787 - 1874

Herschel, William

1738 - 1822

Cross, John Cartwright

1775 - 1810

Wilson, James

1765 - 1821

Winkles, H.

1801 - 1860

Labelye, Charles

1705 - 1781

Durand, Elias

1794 - 1873

Boubee, Neree

1806 - 1863

Greville, Robert Kaye

1794 - 1866