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1843-1877, soldier; photographer, British

Swiney, Captain Hugh Bladen

1843 - 1877
1871-1948, aviator; inventor, American

Wright, Orville

1871 - 1948
1873-1903, inventor, British

Turner, Edward Raymond

1873 - 1903
1876-1958, poster artist; illustrator, British

Dexter, Walter

1876 - 1958
1817-1889, metallurgist; physician, British

Percy, John

1817 - 1889
active 1844-1929, patentee of the Lowne's portable spirometer, British

Lowne, Robert Mann

1844 - 1929
1824-1893, brewer, benefactor, Scottish, British

Walker, Sir Andrew Barclay

1824 - 1893
1799-1883, architect, English, British

Cubitt, Lewis

1709 - 1883
active 1856, sculptor, French

Cavelier, Pierre-Jules

1814 - 1894
1887-1942, painter; artist; porcelain painter; poster artist, British

Tittensor, Harry

1887 - 1942
1866-1959, printer; publisher, London; Paris; New York

Raphael Tuck and Sons Limited

1866 - 1959
1788-1869, merchant and railway administrator and director, British

Booth, Henry

1788 - 1869
1754-1811, engraver, French

Chrétien, Gilles Louis

1754 - 1811
active 1850-1869, chartered civil engineer, England, British

Metford, William Ellis

1824 - 1899
1801-1883, physicist, inventor, Belgium

Plateau, Joseph

1801 - 1883
active 1830s-1860s, sculptor; medallist, French

Vauthier-Gallé, Adrien

1818 - 1899
1853-1917, inventor; camera manufacturer; manufacturer of optical devices; camera retailer, Belgian

van Neck, Louis

1853 - 1917
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
1883-1966, cartoonist; illustrator; poster artist, British; Welsh

Thomas, Herbert Samuel

1883 - 1966
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
1885-1939, sculptor; medallist, French

Dammann, Paul-Marcel

1885 - 1939
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
1889-1926, camera and cinema equipment manufacturer, Dresden, Germany

Ernemann Werke

1889 - 1926
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
1862-1969, brand 1862-1988, confectionary manufacturer, British

Rowntree

1862 - 1988
1848-1903, engineer, English; British

Holt, Henry Percy

1848 - 1903
1886-1924, lens manufacturer, Leicester, England

Taylor, Taylor and Hobson Limited

1886 - 1924
1885-1965, artist; sculptor; medallist, British

Preston, Edward Carter

1885 - 1965
1815-1889, medallist; sculptor, German

Brehmer, Heinrich Friedrich

1815 - 1889
active 1840s, barometer maker, London

Pastorelli and Son

1848 - 1849
1787-1864, clergyman, English; British

Stanhope, Fitzroy

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

Dubreuil, Pierre

1872 - 1944
1858-1932, marine boiler designer, English; British

Reed, Joseph W

1858 - 1932
1887-1960 (though name Raleigh still used), motor bike and cycle manufacturer, Nottingham, England

Raleigh Cycle Company Limited

1887 - 1960
1880-1934, paleopathologist, American

Moodie, Roy Lee

1880 - 1934
1889-1982, electrical engineer; inventor, Russian; American

Zworykin, Vladimir Kosma

1889 - 1982
1853-1967, tool manufacturers, Salford, England

Craven Brothers Limited

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

Gautier, Paul Ferdinand

1842 - 1909
1786-1901, brand name used to 1990s, cigarette manufacturer; tobacco company, Bristol, England

W D and H O Wills Limited

1786 - 1901