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1800-1877, pioneer of photography; photographer, English; British

Talbot, William Henry Fox

1800 - 1877
1850-1971, optics manufacturer, Bromley

Wray Optical Works Ltd.

1850 - 1971
1842-1877, manufacturers, London

Parker Field & Sons

1842 - 1877
Photographer, Inventor

Warnerke, Leon

1837 - 1900
1824-1889, engraver; etcher; artist; printmaker, English; British

Barlow, Thomas Oldham

1824 - 1889
active 1789-1825, optician nautical instrument and telescope maker, English; British

Cary, William

1759 - 1825

Cudworth, William John

1848 - 1909
1832-1891, inventor; engineer, German

Otto, Nikolaus August

1832 - 1891
1846-1920, jeweller, Russian

Fabergé, Peter Carl

1846 - 1920
1834-1912, photographer, English; British

Bourne, Samuel

1834 - 1912
1821-1895, optician, philosophical & photographic instrument maker, London, England

Ackland, William

1821 - 1895
1830-1872, anthropologist, British

Breeks, James Wilkinson

1830 - 1872
1819-1894, photographer, Scottish; British

Moffat, John

1819 - 1894
1805-1894, artist and photographer, German

Stelzner, Carl Ferdinand

1805 - 1894
dedupe to Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway

1847 - 1923
1817-1899, microscopist, opthalmic surgeon, author and dageurreotypist, England

Hogg, Jabez

1817 - 1899
1810-2005, manufacturer of tobacco and cigarettes, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Murray, Sons and Company Limited

1810 - 2005
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
1794-1863, civil engineer, British

Lewin, William

1794 - 1863
active 1829-1830s, iron founder; anchor smith; marine engine maker; civil engineer, Bristol, England

William Daniel and William Edward Acraman

1829 - 1842
1765-1821, medical lecturer, British?

Wilson, James

1765 - 1821
1799-1859, mathematician; writer, British

Grant, Horace

1799 - 1859
1784-1863, naval officer; ship designer; politician, English; British

Elliot, George

1784 - 1863
1778-1823, mechanical engineer, American

Dod, Daniel

1778 - 1823
1820-1897, engineer, British; Scottish

Kirkaldy, David

1820 - 1897
1824-1886, engineer, British

Ordish, Rowland Mason

1824 - 1886
1772-1844, naturalist, French

Saint-Hilaire, Etienne Geoffroy

1772 - 1844
1806-1863, naturalist; geologist; author; teacher, French

Boubee, Neree

1806 - 1863
1813-1899, mechanical engineer, British

Jackson, Peter Rothwell

1813 - 1899
1793-1850, architect; engineer, Scottish; British

Handyside, William

1793 - 1850
1833-1911, civil engineering contractor, British

Aird, Sir John

1833 - 1911
1820-1896, civil engineer, England, British

Margary, Peter John

1820 - 1896
1810-1896, photographer, Scottish; British

Collie, William

1810 - 1896
1805-1883, naval officer; inventor; pantetee; engineer; surveyor, English; British

Peacock, George

1805 - 1883
1808-1881, active 1840s, analysing lead mining in Derbyshire, British

Taylor, John

1808 - 1881
1839-1913, mechanical engineer, British

Daglish, George Heaton

1839 - 1913
1851-1930, professor of botany; reporter; editor, British; Scottish

Watt, Sir George

1851 - 1930
1781-1840, mathematician; geometer; physicist, French

Poisson, Siméon-Denis

1781 - 1840
1826-1898, civil engineer, British; English

Douglass, Sir James Nicholas

1826 - 1898
1849-1925, mathematician, Prussian; German

Klein, Christian Felix

1849 - 1925
1809-1879, barrister, photographer, secretary of the Society of Arts, British

Foster, Peter Le Neve

1809 - 1879
1846-1929, engine designer; industrialist, German

Maybach, Wilhelm

1846 - 1929
1773-c1876

British Cast Plate Glass Company

1773 - 1876
1757-1837, hydraulic engineer, German

Woltman, Reinhard

1712 - 1837