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1843-1877, soldier; photographer, British

Swiney, Captain Hugh Bladen

1843 - 1877
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
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
1851-1940, physicist, English; British

Lodge, Sir Oliver Joseph

1851 - 1940
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
1862-1969, brand 1862-1988, confectionary manufacturer, British

Rowntree

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

Holt, Henry Percy

1848 - 1903
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
1858-1932, marine boiler designer, English; British

Reed, Joseph W

1858 - 1932
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
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
1868-1947, manufacturer of chemicals, Battersea, London, England

Whiffen and Sons Limited

1868 - 1947
1826-1891, photographer, Canadian

Notman, William

1826 - 1891
1769-1832, printmaker; artist, British; English

Havell, Robert

1769 - 1832
1819-1857, civil engineer, British?

Wild, Charles Heard

1819 - 1857
1851-1923, locomotive engineer, British

Ivatt, Henry A

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

Berliner, Emile

1851 - 1929
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