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1844-1968, tobacco manufacturer, Spitalfields, London, England

Godfrey Phillips Limited

1844 - 1968
1818-1889, physicist, English, British

James Prescott Joule

1818 - 1889
1884-1987, match manufacturer, Liverpool, Lancashire, England; Bow, London, England, British

Bryant and May Limited

1884 - 1927
1847-1922, teacher of deaf people; inventor of telephone, Scottish; American

Alexander Graham Bell

1847 - 1922
1872-1981, clock and electrical equipment manufacturer, Leicester, England

Gents' of Leicester

1872 - 1981
1832-1928, musical instrument and phonogram manufacturer, London

Barnett Samuel and Sons Limited

1832 - 1928
1833-1900, steam engine manufacturer, Lambeth, London, England, British

Maudslay, Sons and Field Limited

1833 - 1900
1835-1948, railway company, British

Great Western Railway

1835 - 1948
1796-1829, wax modeller, Italian

Francesco Calenzuoli

1796 - 1829
1846-1922, railway company, London

Great Northern Railway

1846 - 1922
1882-1957, illustrator; poster artist, British

Bryan de Grineau

1882 - 1957
1844-1922, railway company, Derby

Midland Railway

1844 - 1922
1857-1869, locomotive manufacturer, New Cross

G England and Company

1857 - 1869
1835-1933, boiler and steam engine manufacturer, Manchester

Galloways Limited

1835 - 1933
active 1720s, inventor, developed programmable looms using punched tape, French.

Jean-Baptiste Falcon

1690
1792-1858, inventor of the Typographer, American

William Austin Burt

1792 - 1858
1883-1965, artist; painter; poster artist, British

C. E. Turner

1883 - 1965
1846-1922, railway company, London

North London Railway

1846 - 1922
1862-1923, railway company, East Anglia, England

Great Eastern Railway

1862 - 1923
1836-1862, railway company, British

Eastern Counties Railway

1836 - 1862
1836-1899, railway company, United Kingdom

South Eastern Railway

1853 - 1899
1811 or 1812-1878, locomotive builder; engineer, British; English

George England

1811 - 1878
1887-1976, artist, English; British

Laurence Stephen Lowry

1887 - 1976
1804-1879, medallist, Dutch

David van der Kellen

1804 - 1879
1891-1933, railway company, London, United Kingdom

Central London Railway

1891 - 1933
1727-1807, watchmaker, Paris, France, Swiss

Ferdinand Berthoud

1727 - 1807
1843-1910, sculptor; medallist, Belgian

Charles Van der Stappen

1843 - 1910
1853-1867, railway company, London, England

Hampstead Junction Railway

1853 - 1867
1713-1784, encyclopaedist, French

Denis Diderot

1713 - 1784
1821-1898, anthropologist, French

Louis Laurent Gabriel de Mortillet

1821 - 1898
1866-1886, railway company, United Kingdom

Muswell Hill Railway

1866 - 1886
1732-1799, army officer; statesman; president of the United States, American

George Washington

1732 - 1799
1832-1920, physiologist; psychologist, German

Wilhelm Max Wundt

1832 - 1920
1837-1923, physicist, Dutch

Johannes Diderik van der Waals

1837 - 1923
1829-1913, photographer, Italian; British

Alexander Bassano

1829 - 1913
active 1869, inventor; engineer, American; Northern Irish born;

Alexander Kirk Rider

1820 - 1893
1875-1951, automotive engineer, Austrian

Ferdinand Porsche

1875 - 1951
1852-1931, active in field of anaesthesiology

Walter Tyrrell

1852 - 1931
1865-1925, railway company, British

East London Railway

1865 - 1925
1859-1864, railway company, London, England, United Kingdom

Charing Cross Railway

1859 - 1864
1828-1903, locomotive manufacturer, Manchester, England

Sharp Stewart and Company Limited

1828 - 1903
1896-1967, telecommunications equipment manufacturer; scientific instruments, Cambridge, England

Pye Limited

1896 - 1967
1819-1905, artist; painter, British

Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait

1819 - 1905
1732-1792, inventor of cotton-spinning machinery and cotton manufacturer, English; British

Richard Arkwright

1732 - 1792
1898-1903, locomotive manufacturer, Glasgow

Neilson Reid and Company

1898 - 1903
published 1868-1914, magazine, English; British

Vanity Fair

1868 - 1914
1836-1999, aeronautics, Manchester

Baxter, Woodhouse and Taylor Ltd.

1836 - 1999
1860-1986, railway builders, Gloucester

Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Company Limited

1860 - 1986
1828-1918, manufacturer of engines; manufacturer of agricultural machinery, Grantham, England

R. Hornsby and Sons Limited

1828 - 1918
1857-1927, locomotive builders, Whitehaven

Fletcher, Jennings & Co.

1857 - 1927