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1816-1888, industrialist; optical instrument manufacturer, German

Zeiss, Carl

1816 - 1888
1798-1866, mechanical engineer, patentee for screw-propeller, Southwark, London, England, British; English

Lowe, James

1798 - 1866
1800-1863, engraver, British

Willmore, James Tibbits

1809 - 1863
1789-1854, natural philosopher and mathematician, German

Ohm, Georg Simon

1789 - 1854
1775-1810, naturalist; explorer; historian, French

Péron, François

1775 - 1810
1809 -1891, active 1832-1872, maker of steam locomotive, British

Allan, Alexander

1809 - 1891
1826-1909, active 1865-1891, artist, British

Dudley, Robert Charles

1826 - 1909
1795-1857, chronometer maker, New York, United States, American

Bliss, John

1795 - 1857
1778-1857, chemist, Scottish

Ure, Andrew

1778 - 1857
1785-1861, engineer; millwright, English; British

Cubitt, Sir William

1785 - 1861
1794-1858, engineer; ironfounder; manufacturer of locomotives, British

Bury, Edward

1794 - 1858
1804-1881, novelist; prime minister; earl of Beaconsfield, Jewish; British; English

Disraeli, Benjamin

1804 - 1881
1819-1884, photographer; writer, British

Hughes, Cornelius Jabez

1819 - 1884
1806-1879, chemist, German

Mohr, Karl Friedrich

1806 - 1879
1826-1884, journalist; playwright, English; British

Jerrold, (William) Blanchard

1826 - 1884
1829-1901, physician; chemist, German

Thudichum, John Louis William

1829 - 1901
1761-1807, portrait and history painter, English; British

Opie, John

1705 - 1807
1736-1806, mechanical engineer; mathematician, French

Coulomb, Charles Augustin

1736 - 1806
1773-1850, King of the French

Louis Philippe I

1773 - 1850
1789-1850, textile industrialist; agricultural engineer, Scottish; British

Smith, James

1789 - 1850
1782-1845, politician; agriculturist; sportsman, English; British

Spencer, John Charles

1782 - 1845
1817-1901, agricultural chemist, British

Gilbert, Sir Joseph Henry

1817 - 1901
1793-1875, surgeon; engineer, British; English

Gurney, Sir Goldsworthy

1793 - 1875
1787-1875, physician, Italian

Bufalini, Maurizio

1787 - 1875
1815-1883, manufacturer, German

Budenberg, Christian Friedrich

1815 - 1883
1805-1887, diplomat; amateur astronomer, English; British

Lettsom, William Garrow

1805 - 1887
1819-1885, military surgeon, English; British

Tufnell, Thomas Jolliffe

1819 - 1885
1806-1872, author, physician, Ireland

Lever, Charles

1806 - 1872
1783-1856, artist; painter, British

Walter, Joseph

1783 - 1856
1811-1869, artist; landscape painter, British

Creswick, Thomas

1811 - 1869
1759-1805, poet; dramatist, German

Schiller, Johann Christoph Friedrich von

1759 - 1805
1742-1821, artist; collector, English; British

Cosway, Richard

1742 - 1821
bap. 1731, d. 1817, engraver, English

Hancock, Robert

1731 - 1817
1800-1883, artist; architect; sculptor; photographer; wax portrait artist; writer, British

Lucas, Richard Cockle

1800 - 1883
1812-1887, metallurgist; railway and locomotive manufacturer, German

Krupp, Alfred

1812 - 1887
1791-1841, physicist, French

Savart, Félix

1791 - 1841
1783-1862, physiologist; surgeon, British; English

Brodie, Sir Benjamin Collins

1783 - 1862
1801-1870, microscopist and photographic pioneer, English; British

Reade, Joseph Bancroft

1801 - 1870
1810-1899, 6th Duke of Northumberland, English; British

Percy, Algernon George

1810 - 1899
1755-1843, homeopathist physician, German

Hahnemann, Samuel

1755 - 1843
1806-1885, lithographer; watercolour painter, active London from 1823, Belgian

Haghe, Louis

1806 - 1885
1776-1841, physician; educationist, English; British

Birkbeck, George

1776 - 1841
1822-1896, engineer; civic leader, English; British

Ramsden, Sir James

1822 - 1896
1800-1878, engineer; optician; telescope builder; machinist, British; Irish

Grubb, Thomas

1800 - 1878
1735-1803, inventor; mechanic; mathematical instrument maker, Dutch

Merlin, John Joseph

1735 - 1803
1802-1865, medallist; die-sinker, German

Fischer, Karl

1802 - 1865
1829-1897, inustrial chemist, French

Schutzenberger, Paul

1829 - 1897
1806-1880, medical jurist; toxicologist, English; British

Taylor, Alfred Swaine

1806 - 1880
1777-1804, geologist, mineralogist, British

Watt, Gregory

1777 - 1804
1756-1827, physicist; inventor, German

Chladni, Ernst Florens Friedrich

1756 - 1827