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1827-1912, surgeon; physician; developer of a system of antiseptic surgery, English; British

Lister, Joseph

1827 - 1912
1884-1991, button, badge and medal makers, Birmingham

J R Gaunt and Son Limited

1884 - 1991
Patient of Edward Jenner; First person to received Vaccination

Phipps, James

1788 - 1853
1875-1969, meteorological, aviation & surveying instrument manufacturer, London, England

Short and Mason Limited

1875 - 1969
1838-1907, chemist, English; British

Perkin, Sir William Henry

1838 - 1907
1889-1957, manufacturer of comptometers, Chicago, United States

Felt and Tarrant Manufacturing Company

1889 - 1957

Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871

Parkes, Alexander

1813 - 1890

Norman, Henry (first baronet)

1858 - 1939
1819-1905, artist; painter, British

Tait, Arthur Fitzwilliam

1819 - 1905
active 1828-1947, marine & aeronautical navigational instrument maker, London, England, British

Henry Hughes and Son Limited

1828 - 1947
1904-1973, supplier of wholesale chemicals & drugs, England, British

British Drug Houses Limited

1904 - 1973

Walker, John

1781 - 1859

Wilson, Reginald Holmes

1905 - 1999
1836-1917, physician, British

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett

1836 - 1917
1819-1868, dentist who used anaesthetic; physician, American

Morton, William Thomas Green

1819 - 1868
1879-current (2020), manufacturer of surgical instruments, London, England

Downs Surgical Limited

1879
1845-c1955, optical instrument, lens and camera makers, Germany

Emil Busch AG

1845
1852-1926, amateur photographer, brewer, British

Adams, Edgar Tarry

1852 - 1926

Wright, Elsie

1901 - 1903

Walter, William Grey

1910 - 1977

Stephenson, George

1781 - 1848

Muybridge, Florado Helios

1873 - 1944

Lyons, Henry

1864 - 1944
active 1868-1968, optical instrument maker; clock maker, Manchester, England

Thomas Armstrong and Brother

1868 - 1968
1867-1944,active 1890-1920s, inventor; scientific & medical instrument maker, Austrian

Castagna, Ludwig

1867 - 1944
1906-1970, photographer, Britain

Malindine, Edward George

1906 - 1970
1883-1991, telecommunications manufacturer, London

Standard Telephones and Cables PLC

1883 - 1991
1857-1969, optical instrument makers (microscope), London, England

James Swift and Son Limited

1857 - 1969
1815-1852, mathematician; computer pioneer, British

Lovelace, Ada

1815 - 1852
1785-1861, engineer; millwright, English; British

Cubitt, Sir William

1785 - 1861
active c1880-1988, wallpaper manufacturer, London, Reading & Southall (manufactory), England

John Line and Sons Limited

1880 - 1988
1818-1865, physician, Hungarian

Semmelweis, Ignaz Philipp

1818 - 1865
1861-1927, zoologist, British

Shipley, Sir Arthur Everett

1861 - 1927
1890-1932, manufacturer of gas engines, Ashton-under-Lyne, England

National Gas Engine Company

1890 - 1932
active 1829-1895, microbiologist; chemist, French

Pasteur, Louis

1822 - 1895
1851-1922, artist; 'Spy' caricaturist for Vanity Fair magazine from 1873-1911, British

Ward, Sir Leslie

1851 - 1922
1839-1902, manufacturing jeweller; goldsmith; silversith, London, England

Phillips Brothers and Sons

1839 - 1902
c.1829-1905, active from 1857, photographer, French, active in Asia

Mallitte, Oscar Jean Baptiste

1829 - 1905
1914-1974, naval engineer, inventor, American

James, Richard T

1914 - 1974
1907-1927, camera and photographic equipment manufacturer, Rochester, New York

Folmer-Schwing Division of Eastman Kodak

1907 - 1945
1898-1931, recording company; gramophone and radio manufacturer, British

Gramophone Company Limited

1898 - 1931
1888-1971, medical scientist; inventor, American

Rife, Royal Raymond

1888 - 1971
1780-1868, civil engineer, Belfast, Ireland, Irish

Mitchell, Alexander

1780 - 1868
active 1808-1847, compass maker; optician & mathematical, philosophical instrument maker, London, England, British

Bate, Robert Brettell

1782 - 1847
1878-1969, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, Manchester & London, England

J Halden and Company Limited

1878 - 1969
active 1898-1968, compressor/engineering product manufacture, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, British

Broom and Wade Limited

1898 - 1968
1799-1871, botanist; photographic artist, British

Atkins, Anna

1799 - 1871

Wallis, Barnes Neville

1887 - 1979

Swan, Joseph Wilson

1828 - 1914