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1843-1877, soldier; photographer, British

Swiney, Captain Hugh Bladen

1843 - 1877
1749-1806, engraver, British

Chesham, Francis

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

Percy, John

1817 - 1889
active 1844-1929, patentee of the Lowne's portable spirometer, British

Lowne, Robert Mann

1844 - 1929
1824-1893, brewer, benefactor, Scottish, British

Walker, Sir Andrew Barclay

1824 - 1893
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
active 1850-1869, chartered civil engineer, England, British

Metford, William Ellis

1824 - 1899
1801-1883, physicist, inventor, Belgium

Plateau, Joseph

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

Vauthier-Gallé, Adrien

1818 - 1899
1850-1923, surgeon, British; English

Harrison Cripps, William

1850 - 1923
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
1821?-1897, active 1830-1853, etcher; draughtsman, British

Ashley, Alfred

1821 - 1897
1807-1868, active 1837-1868, optician, optical instrument maker (telescopes), English; British

Cooke, Thomas

1807 - 1868
c1840-1882, photographer, United States, Irish; American

O'Sullivan, Timothy H

1840 - 1882
1791-1867, natural philosopher; scientific adviser, England, British

Faraday, Michael

1791 - 1867
1839-1897, optical instrument maker, German-born; British

Hilger, Adam

1839 - 1897
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
1848-1903, engineer, English; British

Holt, Henry Percy

1848 - 1903
1815-1889, medallist; sculptor, German

Brehmer, Heinrich Friedrich

1815 - 1889
active 1840s, barometer maker, London

Pastorelli and Son

1848 - 1849
1787-1864, clergyman, English; British

Stanhope, Fitzroy

1787 - 1864
1842-1909, astronomical instrument maker, French

Gautier, Paul Ferdinand

1842 - 1909
1786-1901, brand name used to 1990s, cigarette manufacturer; tobacco company, Bristol, England

W D and H O Wills Limited

1786 - 1901
1823-1895, faience maker, French

J. Vieillard & Cie

1823 - 1895
1819-1901, queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 1837-1901, empress of India

Victoria

1819 - 1901
1826-1891, photographer, Canadian

Notman, William

1826 - 1891
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
1825-1903, photographer, French

Tournachon, Adrien

1825 - 1903
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
1844-1929, physician; surgeon; bacteriologist, Scottish; British

Ogston, Sir Alexander

1844 - 1929
1826-1902, active 1840s-1880s, naval officer; photographer; lyricist, British

Cheyne, John Powles

1826 - 1902
1834-1897, physiologist, German

Heidenhain, Rudolf Peter Heinrich

1834 - 1897
1747-1825, medal maker, French

Denon, Vivant

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

Duncan, Edward

1803 - 1882
c. 1840, d. 1920, music composer; teacher; singer, British? active Italy, Spain, London

Slater, Edward

1840 - 1920
1848-1912, engraver; medallist, Italian

Giorgi, Luigi

1848 - 1912