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1777-1804, geologist, mineralogist, British

Watt, Gregory

1777 - 1804
1782-1868, mechanical engineer, Scottish; British

Robertson, John

1782 - 1868
1799-1869, inventor of agricultural machinery; minister, Scottish

Bell, Patrick

1799 - 1869
active 1869, inventor; engineer, American; Northern Irish born;

Rider, Alexander Kirk

1820 - 1893
1823-1914, railway administrator, England, British

Oakley, Sir Henry

1811 - 1914
1803-1874, hydropathy practitioner, English; British

Smedley, John

1803 - 1874
1781-1848, colliery engineer; railway engineer, English; British

Stephenson, George

1781 - 1848
1730-1795, potter; manufacturer of ceramics, English; British

Wedgwood, Josiah

1730 - 1795
1793-1908, tramway, Derbyshire

Derby Canal Railway

1793 - 1908
1860-1903, railway company, Northern Ireland

Belfast & Northern Counties Railway

1805 - 1903
1810-1859, railway company, England, United Kingdom

Gloucester & Cheltenham Railway Company

1810 - 1859
dentist, American

Greenwood, John

1760 - 1819
1785-1870, aeronaut, British; English

Green, Charles

1785 - 1870
1781-1849, surveyor; civil engineer; canal builder, British

Green, James

1781 - 1849
1807-1883 , architect; engineer; musician, British

Desvignes, Peter Hubert

1807 - 1883
1788-1850, engraver, English; British

Thomson, James

1788 - 1850
1784-1856, geologist; dean of Westminster, British; English

Buckland, William

1784 - 1856
1811-1838, railway company, Scotland, United Kingdom

Berwick & Kelso Railway

1811 - 1838
1878-1924, railway company, United Kingdom

Ballycastle Railway

1812 - 1924
1749-1806, engraver, British

Chesham, Francis

1749 - 1806
1817-1889, metallurgist; physician, British

Percy, John

1817 - 1889
1799-1883, architect, English, British

Cubitt, Lewis

1709 - 1883
active 1856, sculptor, French

Cavelier, Pierre-Jules

1814 - 1894
1788-1869, merchant and railway administrator and director, British

Booth, Henry

1788 - 1869
1754-1811, engraver, French

Chrétien, Gilles Louis

1754 - 1811
1801-1883, physicist, inventor, Belgium

Plateau, Joseph

1801 - 1883
active 1830s-1860s, sculptor; medallist, French

Vauthier-Gallé, Adrien

1818 - 1899
1763-1821, ophthalmologist, Austrian

Beer, Georg Joseph

1763 - 1821
1804-1867, printer; inventor of type of colour printing process, British, English

Baxter, George

1804 - 1867
1736-1818, traveller, author, Scottish, British

Brydone, Patrick

1736 - 1818
1794-1854, aritist; historical painter, German

Begas, Carl Joseph

1794 - 1854
1816-1896, textile merchant; telegraph entrepreneur; submarine communications cable pioneer, British; Scottish

Pender, Sir John

1816 - 1896
1807-1868, active 1837-1868, optician, optical instrument maker (telescopes), English; British

Cooke, Thomas

1807 - 1868
1791-1867, natural philosopher; scientific adviser, England, British

Faraday, Michael

1791 - 1867
1886-1923, Met Office employee, RNVR Lieutenant, RAF Flight Lieutenant, British

Gendle, Albert Edgar

1809 - 1923
1798-1873, architect, English, British

Tite, Sir William

1798 - 1873
1815-1889, medallist; sculptor, German

Brehmer, Heinrich Friedrich

1815 - 1889
1787-1864, clergyman, English; British

Stanhope, Fitzroy

1787 - 1864
1786-1901, brand name used to 1990s, cigarette manufacturer; tobacco company, Bristol, England

W D and H O Wills Limited

1786 - 1901
1819-1901, queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 1837-1901, empress of India

Victoria

1819 - 1901
1737-1816, politician, chemist, lawyer, French

Guyton de Morveau, Louis Bernard

1737 - 1816
1769-1832, printmaker; artist, British; English

Havell, Robert

1769 - 1832
1819-1857, civil engineer, British?

Wild, Charles Heard

1819 - 1857
1798-1862, medallist, Belgian

Pingret, Joseph Arnold

1798 - 1862
1796-1824, aeronaut; balloonist; gas engineer, British

Sadler, Windham

1796 - 1824
1810-1878, chemist & physicist, French

Regnault, Henri Victor

1810 - 1878
1757-1838, artist; painter, Austrian

Grassi, Józef

1757 - 1838
1761-1838, publisher; printseller, British

Fores, S W

1761 - 1838
1747-1825, medal maker, French

Denon, Vivant

1747 - 1825
1803-1882, artist; engraver; watercolour painter, British

Duncan, Edward

1803 - 1882