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Patient of Edward Jenner; First person to received Vaccination

Phipps, James

1788 - 1853

Stephenson, George

1781 - 1848

Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871
active 1808-1847, compass maker; optician & mathematical, philosophical instrument maker, London, England, British

Bate, Robert Brettell

1782 - 1847

Hancock, Thomas

1786 - 1865
1792-1871, mathematician and astronomer, English; British

Herschel, Sir John Frederick William

1792 - 1871
1752 or 1754-1811, medallist, die-engraver, German; Prussian

Abramson, Abraham

1752 - 1811
active 1806-1861, scientific instrument maker, British; English

Jones, Thomas

1775 - 1852
1788-1863, cleric; writer; photographer; traveller, British

Bridges, George Wilson

1788 - 1863
1794-1874, civil engineer, England, British

Rennie, Sir John

1794 - 1874
1788-1873, inventor of the electric telegraph; meteorologist, British; English

Ronalds, Sir Francis

1788 - 1873
active 1789-1825, optician nautical instrument and telescope maker, English; British

Cary, William

1759 - 1825
1794-1873, pharmacist; botanist, French born; American

Durand, Elias

1794 - 1873
1794-1863, civil engineer, British

Lewin, William

1794 - 1863
1765-1821, medical lecturer, British?

Wilson, James

1765 - 1821
1784-1863, naval officer; ship designer; politician, English; British

Elliot, George

1784 - 1863
1778-1823, mechanical engineer, American

Dod, Daniel

1778 - 1823
1772-1844, naturalist, French

Saint-Hilaire, Etienne Geoffroy

1772 - 1844
1793-1850, architect; engineer, Scottish; British

Handyside, William

1793 - 1850
1781-1840, mathematician; geometer; physicist, French

Poisson, Siméon-Denis

1781 - 1840
1773-c1876

British Cast Plate Glass Company

1773 - 1876
1757-1837, hydraulic engineer, German

Woltman, Reinhard

1712 - 1837
1795-1864, sculptor, British

Behnes, William

1795 - 1864
active, 1812-1856, optical, mathematical, philosophical & nautical inst. maker & optician, British

Newman, John Frederick

1783 - 1860
1790-1878, inventor; Church of Scotland minister/clergyman, Scottish; British

Stirling, Robert

1790 - 1878
1785-1851, artist; naturalist; ornithologist, American

Audubon, John James

1785 - 1851

Manby, George William

1765 - 1854

Guizot, Francoise Pierre Guillaume

1787 - 1874

Cross, John Cartwright

1775 - 1810

Wilson, James

1765 - 1821

Durand, Elias

1794 - 1873

Greville, Robert Kaye

1794 - 1866

Walker, James

1781 - 1862

Henson, Gravener

1785 - 1852

Brunel, Marc Isambard

1769 - 1849

Bakewell, Robert

1768 - 1843

Cooper, Astley Paston (first baronet)

1768 - 1841

Howard, Luke

1772 - 1864

Guillan, Archibald

1790 - 1891

Scoresby, William

1789 - 1857

Martin, Kennett Beacham

1788 - 1859

Rennie, John

1794 - 1863

Ewart, Peter

1767 - 1843

Telford, Thomas

1757 - 1834

Sibley, Robert

1789 - 1849

Baillie, Matthew

1761 - 1823

Rastrick, John Urpeth

1780 - 1856

Cobb, James

1756 - 1818

Reynolds, William

1758 - 1803

Stovin, Frederick

1783 - 1865