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Walker, John

1781 - 1859
1819-1868, dentist who used anaesthetic; physician, American

Morton, William Thomas Green

1819 - 1868

Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871

Parkes, Alexander

1813 - 1890
1838-1907, chemist, English; British

Perkin, Sir William Henry

1838 - 1907
active 1828-1947, marine & aeronautical navigational instrument maker, London, England, British

Henry Hughes and Son Limited

1828 - 1947

Swan, Joseph Wilson

1828 - 1914
1827-1912, surgeon; physician; developer of a system of antiseptic surgery, English; British

Lister, Joseph

1827 - 1912
1845-c1955, optical instrument, lens and camera makers, Germany

Emil Busch AG

1845
1857-about 1948, manufacturer of sewing machines, American

Willcox and Gibbs Sewing Machine Company

1857

Paxton, Joseph

1803 - 1865

Geary, Stephen

1797 - 1854
active 1868-1968, optical instrument maker; clock maker, Manchester, England

Thomas Armstrong and Brother

1868 - 1968
Patient of Edward Jenner; First person to received Vaccination

Phipps, James

1788 - 1853
1843-1877, soldier; photographer, British

Swiney, Captain Hugh Bladen

1843 - 1877
1786-1901, brand name used to 1990s, cigarette manufacturer; tobacco company, Bristol, England

W D and H O Wills Limited

1786 - 1901
1771-1831, mechanical engineer, tool maker & inventor; patentee English; British

Maudslay, Henry

1771 - 1831
1835-1955, opticians, optics and photographic and camera maker, Birmingham

J Lancaster and Son

1835 - 1955
1815-1852, mathematician; computer pioneer, British

Lovelace, Ada

1815 - 1852
1818-1865, physician, Hungarian

Semmelweis, Ignaz Philipp

1818 - 1865
active 1868-1982, adhesive products manufacturer, London

Samuel Jones and Company Limited

1868 - 1982
active c. 1894-1968, optical instrument maker, London, England

R and J Beck Limited

1867 - 1968
1834-1893, wife & assistant to Joseph Lister, surgeon and founder of a system of antisepsis, British

Lister, Agnes Syme

1834 - 1893
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
1820-1962, periodical and magazine, London

John Bull Magazine

1820 - 1962
active 1878-1911, scientific instrument manufacturer, London, England

Hicks, James Joseph

1837 - 1916
active 1829-1928, surgical instrument maker, London, England, British

Arnold and Sons

1829 - 1928

Kadoorie, Elly (KBE)

1867 - 1944
active 1857-1948, manufacturer of precision tools, American

Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing Company

1857 - 1948
1799-1871, botanist; photographic artist, British

Atkins, Anna

1799 - 1871
active 1834-1981, manufacturers of glass, Barnsley, England

Wood Brothers Glass Company Limited

1834 - 1981
active 1863-1924, neurologist, founder of Radionics movement, American

Abrams, Albert

1863 - 1924
active 1859 -1948, psychiatric hospital, Sussex, England

Brighton Mental Asylum

1859 - 1948
active 1796-1831, optician, optical & mathematical instrument maker, English; British

Bancks, Robert

1796 - 1831
1851-1921, engineer; electrical instrument maker; photographer, French

Carpentier, Jules

1851 - 1921
1844-1968, tobacco manufacturer, Spitalfields, London, England

Godfrey Phillips Limited

1844 - 1968
1836-1917, physician, British

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett

1836 - 1917
1829-1901, physiologist, German

Fick, Adolf Eugen

1829 - 1901
1837-c.1969, optical instrument manufacturer, London, England

W Watson and Sons Limited

1837 - 1969

Hackworth, Timothy

1786 - 1850

Rickett, Thomas

1825
b. 1866, amateur photographer (active in Russia), British

Stewart, Herbert Galloway

1866
1842-, manufacturer of ceramics, Burslem, England

John Maddock and Sons Limited

1842
active 1836-1923, surgical and instrument maker and supplier, British

Coxeter

1836
1789 - current (2020), soap manufacturers, Isleworth, England

A and F Pears Limited

1789
1800-current (2010), chemical manufacturer, Glasgow, Scotland

Charles Tennant and Company

1800

Buckland, Francis Trevelyan

1826 - 1880

Manby, George William

1765 - 1854

Guizot, Francoise Pierre Guillaume

1787 - 1874