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1812-1904, preparer of iodised photographic paper, British

Cowderoy, Benjamin Thomas

1812 - 1904
1788-1827, engineer; optical researcher; physicist, French

Fresnel, Augustin Jean

1788 - 1827
1796-1894, physician, British; English

Hawkins, Francis Bisset

1796 - 1894
1728-1793, surgeon; anatomist, Scottish

Hunter, John

1728 - 1793
c. 1790-1837, natural philosopher; scientist, Scottish, British

Ritchie, William

1790 - 1837
1753-1828, artist; engraver; writer, British; English

Bewick, Thomas

1753 - 1828
1765-1833, inventor, Chalon-sur-Saône, France

Niépce, Joseph Nicéphore

1765 - 1833
1745-1798, portrait painter; artist, German

Hickel, Karl Anton

1745 - 1798
1814-1894, civil engineer, British

Clark, Edwin

1814 - 1894
bap. 1753, d. 1828, aeronaut; balloonist; chemist, English

Sadler, James

1753 - 1828
active 1744-1783, scientific instrument maker, German

Brander, Georg Friedrich

1713 - 1783
1729-1799, priest; physiologist; biologist, Italian

Spallanzani, Lazzaro

1729 - 1799
1735 or 1736-1799, active 1762-1796, watchmaker; chronometer maker, British, English

Arnold, John

1735 - 1799
1773-1836, political philosopher, Scottish; British

Mill, James

1773 - 1836
1786-1863, optician; astronomer; microscopist, Italian

Amici, Giovanni Battista

1786 - 1863
1771-1837, land agent; railway developer, British; English

James, William

1771 - 1837
active 1820s & 1843, chemist & instrument & natural specimen seller, Leamington & Cambridge, England

Deck, Isaiah

1792 - 1853
1812-1899, civil engineer; railway engineer, British?

Brunton, John

1812 - 1899
1787-1851, inventor; scenographer; daguerreotypist, French

Daguerre, Louis

1787 - 1851
1812-1895, physician; surgeon, French

Marjolin, Rene

1812 - 1895
1755-1830, physician; anatomist; atropologist; paleontologist; inventor, German

Soemmerring, Samuel Thomas von

1755 - 1830
1777-1856, naval officer; Arctic explorer, British; Scottish

Ross, Sir John

1777 - 1856
1811-1889, photographer, French

Ferrier, Claude-Marie

1811 - 1889
active about 1775-c. 1845, artist; marine painter, British

Salmon, Robert

1775 - 1845
1766-1839, chemist; botanist, Austrian?

Jacquin, Joseph Franz von

1766 - 1839
1803-1866, active 1819-1866, mathematical, optical & nautical instrument maker, Berlin, Germany

Oertling, Johann August Daniel

1803 - 1866
1788-1856, artist; lithographer, German-born; French

Steuben, Charles Auguste Guillaume

1788 - 1856
1815-1889, active 1836-1889, chemist; astronomer, British; English

Rue, Warren de la

1815 - 1889
1705-1779, portrait artist, Swedish

Brander, Fredrik

1705 - 1779
1798-1866, mechanical engineer, patentee for screw-propeller, Southwark, London, England, British; English

Lowe, James

1798 - 1866
1800-1863, engraver, British

Willmore, James Tibbits

1809 - 1863
1789-1854, natural philosopher and mathematician, German

Ohm, Georg Simon

1789 - 1854
1775-1810, naturalist; explorer; historian, French

Péron, François

1775 - 1810
1809 -1891, active 1832-1872, maker of steam locomotive, British

Allan, Alexander

1809 - 1891
active 1752-1761, optician, previously a silk weaver, English; British

Dollond, John

1707 - 1761
1795-1857, chronometer maker, New York, United States, American

Bliss, John

1795 - 1857
1778-1857, chemist, Scottish

Ure, Andrew

1778 - 1857
1794-1858, engineer; ironfounder; manufacturer of locomotives, British

Bury, Edward

1794 - 1858
1804-1881, novelist; prime minister; earl of Beaconsfield, Jewish; British; English

Disraeli, Benjamin

1804 - 1881
1713-1772, physician; inventor of geomagnetic instruments, English

Knight, Gowin

1713 - 1772
1806-1879, chemist, German

Mohr, Karl Friedrich

1806 - 1879
1761-1807, portrait and history painter, English; British

Opie, John

1705 - 1807
1736-1806, mechanical engineer; mathematician, French

Coulomb, Charles Augustin

1736 - 1806
1773-1850, King of the French

Louis Philippe I

1773 - 1850
1789-1850, textile industrialist; agricultural engineer, Scottish; British

Smith, James

1789 - 1850
1782-1845, politician; agriculturist; sportsman, English; British

Spencer, John Charles

1782 - 1845
1793-1875, surgeon; engineer, British; English

Gurney, Sir Goldsworthy

1793 - 1875
1787-1875, physician, Italian

Bufalini, Maurizio

1787 - 1875
1730-1795, potter; manufacturer of ceramics, English; British

Wedgwood, Josiah

1730 - 1795
1815-1883, manufacturer, German

Budenberg, Christian Friedrich

1815 - 1883