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1850-1923, surgeon, British; English

Harrison Cripps, William

1850 - 1923
1862-1928, naturalist, author and lecturer, British

Kearton, Richard

1862 - 1928
1763-1821, ophthalmologist, Austrian

Beer, Georg Joseph

1763 - 1821
1867-1944,active 1890-1920s, inventor; scientific & medical instrument maker, Austrian

Castagna, Ludwig

1867 - 1944
1863-1939; artist, British

Carter, Sir William

1863 - 1939
1804-1867, printer; inventor of type of colour printing process, British, English

Baxter, George

1804 - 1867
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
1787-1864, clergyman, English; British

Stanhope, Fitzroy

1787 - 1864
1872-1944, artist, photographer, France

Dubreuil, Pierre

1872 - 1944
1807-1873, active 1840-1845, optician; daguerreotypist; optical instrument maker, French

Lerebours, Nöel Marie Paymal

1807 - 1873
active 1840s, barometer maker, London

Pastorelli and Son

1848 - 1849
1858-1932, marine boiler designer, English; British

Reed, Joseph W

1858 - 1932
1880-1934, paleopathologist, American

Moodie, Roy Lee

1880 - 1934
1853-1967, tool manufacturers, Salford, England

Craven Brothers Limited

1853 - 1967
1842-1909, astronomical instrument maker, French

Gautier, Paul Ferdinand

1842 - 1909
1864-1950, photographer, British; English

Robinson, Alfred Hind

1864 - 1950
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
1868-1947, manufacturer of chemicals, Battersea, London, England

Whiffen and Sons Limited

1868 - 1947
1873-1928, artist; painter; poster artist, British

Sims, Charles Henry

1873 - 1928
1801-1875, optical instrument inventor, Italian

Porro, Ignazio

1801 - 1875
1769-1832, printmaker; artist, British; English

Havell, Robert

1769 - 1832
1872-1927, telegraph communications, United Kingdom

Eastern Telegraph Company

1872 - 1927
1819-1857, civil engineer, British?

Wild, Charles Heard

1819 - 1857
1876-1965, locomotive engineer and railway administrator, British

Stanier, Sir William Arthur

1876 - 1965
1851-1923, locomotive engineer, British

Ivatt, Henry A

1851 - 1923
1851-1929, inventor, German-born; ethnically Jewish; American

Berliner, Emile

1851 - 1929
1879-1959, aviator; aircraft manufacturer; British; English

Grahame-White, Claude

1879 - 1959
1880-1969, artist; poster artist, British

Flint, Sir William Russell

1880 - 1969
1877-1955, sculptor; medallist, French

Camus, Jean Marie

1877 - 1955
1798-1862, medallist, Belgian

Pingret, Joseph Arnold

1798 - 1862
1825-1903, photographer, French

Tournachon, Adrien

1825 - 1903
1863-1933, spirit photographer, British

Hope, William

1863 - 1933
1796-1824, aeronaut; balloonist; gas engineer, British

Sadler, Windham

1796 - 1824
1864-1896, railway company, Jersey

Jersey Railways

1864 - 1936
1757-1838, artist; painter, Austrian

Grassi, Józef

1757 - 1838
1864-1959, submarine telegraph cable manufacturer, British

Telegraph Construction & Maintenance Co. Limited

1864 - 1959
1761-1838, publisher; printseller, British

Fores, S W

1761 - 1838
1879-1941, poster artist, British

Gawthorn, Henry George

1879 - 1941