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Plummer, John James

1806 - 1907

Russell, John Scott

1808 - 1882

Rastrick, John Urpeth

1780 - 1856

Victoria

1819 - 1901

Cobb, James

1756 - 1818

Locke, Joseph

1805 - 1860

Wilkinson, Michael Marlow Umfreville

1831 - 1916

Faden, William

1749 - 1836

King, Philip Parker

1793 - 1856

Beer, Wilhelm

1797 - 1850
1770-1832, anatomist; surgeon, Italian

Uccelli, Filippo

1770 - 1832
Collector of prints and drawings.

Goldschmidt, Rudolf Philip

1840 - 1914
1801-1883, physicist, inventor, Belgium

Plateau, Joseph

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

Vauthier-Gallé, Adrien

1818 - 1899
1853-1917, inventor; camera manufacturer; manufacturer of optical devices; camera retailer, Belgian

van Neck, Louis

1853 - 1917
1801-1875, optical instrument inventor, Italian

Porro, Ignazio

1801 - 1875
1773-1858, botanist; explorer; gardener; traveller, French

Bonpland, Aime Jacques Alexandre

1773 - 1858
1799-1883, bobbin manufacturer; aeronautical engineer; portrait photographer, English, British

Stringfellow, John

1799 - 1883
1834-1922, shipowner, Scottish; British

Sutherland, Sir Thomas

1834 - 1922
1857-1932, bacteriologist, Scottish; British

Ross, Sir Ronald

1857 - 1932
1851-1865, railway company, Glamorgan, Wales

Vale of Neath Railway

1851 - 1865
1765-1854, inventor of apparatus for saving life from shipwrecks, British

Manby, George William

1765 - 1854
1842-1920, inventor; industrialist, Swedish

Nordenfelt, Thorsten Wilhelm

1842 - 1920
1854-1932, medical health officer; toxicologist, British; English

Hill, Alfred Bostock

1854 - 1932
1854-1918, cinematography pioneer, American

Acres, Birt

1854 - 1918
1858-1929, physician, British

Davies, Arthur Templer

1858 - 1929
1767-1839, scientific administrator; mathematician, British

Gilbert, Davies

1767 - 1839
1777-1850, pharmacist; chemist; French

Labarraque, Antoine Germain

1777 - 1850
1766-1844, chemist; educationist, British

Hope, Thomas Charles

1766 - 1844
1791-1871, mathematician; computer pioneer, England, English; British

Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871
1830-1907, naval architect, British; English

Mackrow, George Colby

1830 - 1907
1731-1792, active 1760s-1770s, medallist, German? Polish?

Holzhaeusser, Johann Philip

1731 - 1792
1835-1916, astronomer; meteorologist, Norwegian

Mohn, Henrik

1835 - 1916
1744-1818, architect; artist; landscape designer; engineer, French

Belanger, Francois Joseph

1744 - 1818
1853-1943, medallist, French

Dubois, Henri Alfred Auguste

1853 - 1943
1806-1847, mechanical engineer, British

Holtzapffel, Charles

1806 - 1847
1800-1872, engraver; medallist, Swiss

Aberli, Jakob Friedrich

1800 - 1872
1837-1846, railway company, United Kingdom

Manchester & Birmingham Railway

1837 - 1846
1812-1890, organ builder; bicycle designer, German

Fischer, Philipp Moritz

1812 - 1890
1819-1904, marine artist, British; English

Hayes, Edwin

1819 - 1904
1794-1873, pharmacist; botanist, French born; American

Durand, Elias

1794 - 1873
1843-1913, educational reformer; politician, British

Stuart, James

1843 - 1913
1812-1889, engineer; astronomer, British; Scottish

Newall, Robert Stirling

1812 - 1889
1810-1882, photographer, British; Welsh

Llewelyn, John Dillwyn

1810 - 1882
1831-1916, mathematician, Fellow of Trinity College Cambridge, British; English

Wilkinson, Michael Marlow Umfreville

1831 - 1916

Maskelyne, Nevil

1732 - 1811

Buckland, Francis Trevelyan

1826 - 1880

Manby, George William

1765 - 1854

Guizot, Francoise Pierre Guillaume

1787 - 1874

Corbett, Joseph

1842 - 1913