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1812-1896, physician; inventor of a vaccinator, British

Weir, Thomas Graham

1812 - 1896
1849-1962, locomotive works, Gorton, Manchester

Gorton Works

1849 - 1962
sixth baronet, 1773-1857, aeronautic designer; aeronautical pioneer, British

Cayley, Sir George

1773 - 1857
1756-1823, artist; portraitist, Scottish; British

Raeburn, Sir Henry

1756 - 1823
1778-1850, chemist; physicist, French

Gay-Lussac, Joseph-Louis

1778 - 1850
1841-2002, satirical magazine, England

Punch

1841 - 2002
active 1850-1869, philosophical, chemistry & mathematical instrument/scale maker, London, England

Ladd and Oertling

1849 - 1869
1857-1947, artist, Irish; British

Forbes, Stanhope Alexander

1857 - 1947
1810-1892, naturalist, opponent of Darwin, French

Quatrefages de Breau, Jean Louis Armand de

1810 - 1892
1779-1780, gigantic infant, English; British

Everitt, Thomas Hills

1702 - 1780
1840-1912, physician; toxicologist; forensic scientist; university professor, British

Mann, John Dixon

1840 - 1912
1826-1894, director (railway company), MP, British

Dent, John Dent

1826 - 1894
1824-1871, photographer, British

Williams, Thomas Richard

1824 - 1871
1789-1850, lithographer; printer, British

Hullmandel, Charles Joseph

1789 - 1850
1776-1861, army officer and colonial official, English; British

Douglas, Sir Howard

1776 - 1861
1810-1882, plumber; sanitary engineer, British

Jennings, George

1810 - 1882
1840-1905, engineer, British

Dean, William

1840 - 1905
Lady Franklin, 1792-1875, traveller; British; English

Franklin, Jane

1792 - 1875
1850s-1972, publisher, London, England

Crosby Lockwood and Company

1850 - 1972
active 1780-1812 in London, artist, German

Stadler, Joseph Constantine

1780 - 1822
1810-1881, civil engineer; scientist, Irish

Mallet, Robert

1810 - 1881
1856-1909, cabinet maker; medallist; sculptor, French

Charpentier, Alexandre Louis Marie

1856 - 1909
1840-1892, physician; naturalist; governor, German

Schnitzer, Eduard

1840 - 1892
1816-1895, physiologist, German

Ludwig, Karl Friedrich Wilhelm

1816 - 1895
1778-1829, chemist; inventor; lecturer, British; English

Davy, Sir Humphry

1778 - 1829
1845-1925, chemist, British; English

Thorpe, Thomas Edward

1845 - 1925
1838-1914, astronomer; mathematician, American

Hill, George William

1838 - 1914
1857-1969, optical instrument makers (microscope), London, England

James Swift and Son Limited

1857 - 1969
1818-1895, medallist, Dutch

Menger, Johan Philip

1818 - 1895
1834-1905, active 1880s, inventor of types of typewriter and sewing machine, British

Cookson, Frederick Nesfield

1834 - 1905
1769-1852, first Duke of Wellington; army officer; prime minister, British

Wellesley, Arthur

1769 - 1852
1843-1894, shipbuilder, England

Money, Wigram and Sons

1843 - 1894
1818-1858, physician; surgeon, British

Stack, Thomas

1818 - 1858
b. 1839, active 1870s-1910s, medallist, French

Tasset, Ernest Paulin

1839 - 1921
1843-1888, painter; printmaker, French

Rajon, Paul Adolphe

1843 - 1888
1841-1925, aviation engineer, French

Ader, Clement

1841 - 1925
1847-1870, manufacturer of cermaics, Belgium

J B Cappellemans, Willems Smith et Cie

1847 - 1870
1833-1899, army officer; inventor, British

Beaumont, Frederick Edward Blackett

1833 - 1899
1846-1917, painter; etcher, English; British

Hole, William Brassey

1846 - 1917
1822-1861, optician; photographic equipment manufacturer, Paris, France

Jamin, Ing Opticien

1822 - 1861
1842-1927, artist, English; British

Somerscales, Thomas Jaques

1842 - 1927
1842-1890, inventor, motion picture pioneer, Metz, France

Le Prince, Louis Aimé Augustin

1842 - 1890
1840-1905, physicist; optical researcher; optical designer, German

Abbe, Ernst Karl

1840 - 1905
1846-1920, active 1888, machine maker; inventor of a type of air separator, British

Moodie, Robert

1846 - 1920
1833-1900 (1962), photographer; lithographer, British

Fall, Thomas

1833 - 1900
1782-1871, painter; engraver, British

Lewis, George Robert

1782 - 1871
c. 1780-1837, engineer, British

Dodd, Barrodall Robert

1780 - 1837
1773-1858, botanist; explorer; gardener; traveller, French

Bonpland, Aime Jacques Alexandre

1773 - 1858
1799-1883, bobbin manufacturer; aeronautical engineer; portrait photographer, English, British

Stringfellow, John

1799 - 1883
1834-1922, shipowner, Scottish; British

Sutherland, Sir Thomas

1834 - 1922