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1759-1842, mechanical engineer, English; British

Vivian, Andrew

1759 - 1842
1826-1895, medallist, Swedish

Ahlborn, Lea

1826 - 1895
1757-1834, civil engineer, Scottish; British

Telford, Thomas

1757 - 1834
1771-1833, mining engineer, English; British

Trevithick, Richard

1771 - 1833
1795-1864, mineralogist; analytical chemist, German

Rose, Heinrich

1795 - 1864
1763-1805, engineer; cleric, French

Chappe, Claude

1763 - 1805
active 1835-1851, locksmith, American

Hobbs, Alfred Charles

1812 - 1891
1805-1869, physician; phrenologist, English; British

Epps, John

1805 - 1869
1783-1842, portrait painter; miniature painter, British; English

Burt, Albin Roberts

1783 - 1842
1769-1832, zoologist; naturalist, French

Cuvier, Baron Georges Leopold Chretien Frederic Dagobert

1769 - 1832
1805-1860, railway engineer, British; English

Locke, Joseph

1805 - 1860
1818-1898, first Baron Playfair; politician; chemist, born in British-controlled India; British

Playfair, Lyon

1818 - 1898
1798-2000, publisher, Edinburgh, Scotland

Thomas Nelson and Sons Limited

1798 - 2000
1814-1897, locomotive engineer, British

Ramsbottom, John

1814 - 1897
1753-1835, active, 1804-1826, optician & mathematical instrument maker, English; British

Troughton, Edward

1753 - 1835
1829-1917, dentist and inventor of a mechanical drill, American

Morrison, James Beall

1829 - 1917
1819-1877, printmaker; engraver, British

Jackson, John Richardson

1819 - 1877
1825-1904, President of South Africa, Dutch Boer

Kruger, Stephanus Johannes Paulus

1825 - 1904
1732-1792, inventor of cotton-spinning machinery and cotton manufacturer, English; British

Arkwright, Sir Richard

1732 - 1792
1808-1867, engineer, English; British

Humphrys, Edward

1808 - 1867
1752-1817, artist; publisher, Welsh; British

Boydell, Josiah

1752 - 1817
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
c. 1790-1837, natural philosopher; scientist, Scottish, British

Ritchie, William

1790 - 1837
1818-1906, King of Denmark

Christian IX

1818 - 1906
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
bap. 1753, d. 1828, aeronaut; balloonist; chemist, English

Sadler, James

1753 - 1828
1814-1894, civil engineer, British

Clark, Edwin

1814 - 1894
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
1830-1895, professor of chemistry, German

Meyer, Lothar

1830 - 1895
1811-1889, photographer, French

Ferrier, Claude-Marie

1811 - 1889
1826-1911, physicist; university administrator, Irish

Stoney, George Johnstone

1826 - 1911
active about 1775-c. 1845, artist; marine painter, British

Salmon, Robert

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

Jacquin, Joseph Franz von

1766 - 1839
1822-1911, biostatistician, human geneticist & eugenicist, English, British

Galton, Sir Francis

1822 - 1911
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