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Patient of Edward Jenner; First person to received Vaccination

Phipps, James

1788 - 1853

Walker, John

1781 - 1859

Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871
active 1749-1806, sundial maker; optical, mathematical, philosophical inst. maker & natural philosopher, British

Nairne, Edward

1726 - 1806
1799-1883, bobbin manufacturer; aeronautical engineer; portrait photographer, English, British

Stringfellow, John

1799 - 1883
1716-1774, lecturer and professor of anatomy, Italian

Manzolini, Anna Morandi

1716 - 1774
1780-1872, polymath; science writer; mathematics expositor, British

Somerville, Mary Fairfax

1780 - 1872
1793-1830, active 1820s, ironmonger; nail manufacturer; brassfounder, British

Sparrow, Isaac Earlysman

1793 - 1830
bap. 1723, d. 1791; active 1747-1784, optician, Welsh; British

Watkins, Francis

1723 - 1791
active 1792-1829, body snatcher, Edinburgh / British

Burke, William

1792 - 1829
1752-1834; inventor; French

Jacquard, Joseph Marie

1752 - 1834
1802-1877, artist, mathematician; photographer, British; Welsh

Jones, Calvert Richard

1804 - 1877
1717-c.1955, button maker, Birmingham

Hammond Turner and Sons Limited

1717 - 1955
1787-1854, painter; writer; inventor, English; British

Brockedon, William

1787 - 1854

Maskelyne, Nevil

1732 - 1811

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

Durand, Elias

1794 - 1873

Greville, Robert Kaye

1794 - 1866

Walker, James

1781 - 1862

Hunter, William

1718 - 1783

Henson, Gravener

1785 - 1852

Brunel, Marc Isambard

1769 - 1849

Bakewell, Robert

1768 - 1843

Cooper, Astley Paston (first baronet)

1768 - 1841

Howard, Luke

1772 - 1864

Phillips, John

1800 - 1874

Scamp, William

1801 - 1872

Guillan, Archibald

1790 - 1891

Paxton, Joseph

1803 - 1865

Scoresby, William

1789 - 1857

Martin, Kennett Beacham

1788 - 1859

Rennie, John

1794 - 1863

Ewart, Peter

1767 - 1843

Telford, Thomas

1757 - 1834

Sibley, Robert

1789 - 1849

Baillie, Matthew

1761 - 1823

Rastrick, John Urpeth

1780 - 1856

Cobb, James

1756 - 1818

Locke, Joseph

1805 - 1860

Reynolds, William

1758 - 1803

Stovin, Frederick

1783 - 1865

Wedgwood, Josiah

1730 - 1795

Black, Joseph

1728 - 1799

Geary, Stephen

1797 - 1854

Beddoes, Thomas

1760 - 1808