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

Lister, Joseph

1827 - 1912
Patient of Edward Jenner; First person to received Vaccination

Phipps, James

1788 - 1853

Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871

Parkes, Alexander

1813 - 1890
1819-1905, artist; painter, British

Tait, Arthur Fitzwilliam

1819 - 1905
active 1828-1947, marine & aeronautical navigational instrument maker, London, England, British

Henry Hughes and Son Limited

1828 - 1947

Walker, John

1781 - 1859
1716-1794, naval surgeon; physician, Scottish; British

Lind, James

1716 - 1794
1819-1868, dentist who used anaesthetic; physician, American

Morton, William Thomas Green

1819 - 1868

Stephenson, George

1781 - 1848
1815-1852, mathematician; computer pioneer, British

Lovelace, Ada

1815 - 1852
1785-1861, engineer; millwright, English; British

Cubitt, Sir William

1785 - 1861
1818-1865, physician, Hungarian

Semmelweis, Ignaz Philipp

1818 - 1865
active 1829-1895, microbiologist; chemist, French

Pasteur, Louis

1822 - 1895
c.1829-1905, active from 1857, photographer, French, active in Asia

Mallitte, Oscar Jean Baptiste

1829 - 1905
1780-1868, civil engineer, Belfast, Ireland, Irish

Mitchell, Alexander

1780 - 1868
active 1808-1847, compass maker; optician & mathematical, philosophical instrument maker, London, England, British

Bate, Robert Brettell

1782 - 1847
1799-1871, botanist; photographic artist, British

Atkins, Anna

1799 - 1871

Swan, Joseph Wilson

1828 - 1914

Bury, Priscilla Susan

1799 - 1872
1749-1978, hospital, English

Liverpool Royal Infirmary

1749 - 1978
1750-1803, philosopher; physicist, Swiss

Argand, Ami

1750 - 1803
1732-1797, compass manufacturer, Germany

Voigtlander, Johann Christoph

1732 - 1797
1743-1794, chemist & chemical pioneer, French

Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent

1743 - 1794
1754-1839, engineer; inventor, British; Scottish

Murdock, William

1754 - 1839
1717-c.1955, button maker, Birmingham

Hammond Turner and Sons Limited

1717 - 1955
1829-1901, physiologist, German

Fick, Adolf Eugen

1829 - 1901
1808-1890, mechanical engineer; amateur astronomer, Scottish; British

Nasmyth, James

1808 - 1890

Hackworth, Timothy

1786 - 1850
1789 - current (2020), soap manufacturers, Isleworth, England

A and F Pears Limited

1789
1800-1970's?, button manufacturer, London

Jennens and Company Limited

1800
1756-1823, colliery manager, English; British

Curr, John

1756 - 1823
1765-1847, chemist, British; English

Hatchett, Charles

1765 - 1847
1810-1878, chemist & physicist, French

Regnault, Henri Victor

1810 - 1878
1814-1879, glassblower; scientific instrument maker, German

Geissler, Heinrich

1814 - 1879
1816-1889, railway engineer; executive, British

Gooch, Sir Daniel

1816 - 1889
1795-1846, inventor of lawn mower, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, British

Budding, Edwin

1795 - 1846
active 1829-1928, surgical instrument maker, London, England, British

Arnold and Sons

1829 - 1928

Greener, Thomas

1820 - 1903

Banks, Isabella Varley

1821 - 1897

Disraeli, Benjamin

1804 - 1881

Havell, Robert (senior)

1769 - 1832

Arkwright, Richard

1732 - 1792

Westall, William

1781 - 1850

Bury, Thomas Talbot

1809 - 1877

Allom, Thomas

1804 - 1872

Barfoot, James Richard

1794 - 1863

Radcliffe, William

1761 - 1842

Pickering, George

1794 - 1857

Higham, Thomas

1795 - 1844