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Patient of Edward Jenner; First person to received Vaccination

Phipps, James

1788 - 1853

Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871
active 1808-1847, compass maker; optician & mathematical, philosophical instrument maker, London, England, British

Bate, Robert Brettell

1782 - 1847

Stephenson, George

1781 - 1848
1800-present, manufacturer, Hanley

Dudson Bros

1800
active 1806-1861, scientific instrument maker, British; English

Jones, Thomas

1775 - 1852
1788-1863, cleric; writer; photographer; traveller, British

Bridges, George Wilson

1788 - 1863
1797-1867, photographer, French

Claudet, Antoine

1797 - 1867
1794-1874, civil engineer, England, British

Rennie, Sir John

1794 - 1874
1788-1873, inventor of the electric telegraph; meteorologist, British; English

Ronalds, Sir Francis

1788 - 1873
1800-1877, pioneer of photography; photographer, English; British

Talbot, William Henry Fox

1800 - 1877
active 1789-1825, optician nautical instrument and telescope maker, English; British

Cary, William

1759 - 1825
1794-1873, pharmacist; botanist, French born; American

Durand, Elias

1794 - 1873
1794-1863, civil engineer, British

Lewin, William

1794 - 1863
1765-1821, medical lecturer, British?

Wilson, James

1765 - 1821
1799-1859, mathematician; writer, British

Grant, Horace

1799 - 1859
1784-1863, naval officer; ship designer; politician, English; British

Elliot, George

1784 - 1863
1778-1823, mechanical engineer, American

Dod, Daniel

1778 - 1823
1772-1844, naturalist, French

Saint-Hilaire, Etienne Geoffroy

1772 - 1844
1793-1850, architect; engineer, Scottish; British

Handyside, William

1793 - 1850
1781-1840, mathematician; geometer; physicist, French

Poisson, Siméon-Denis

1781 - 1840
1773-c1876

British Cast Plate Glass Company

1773 - 1876
1757-1837, hydraulic engineer, German

Woltman, Reinhard

1712 - 1837
1795-1864, sculptor, British

Behnes, William

1795 - 1864
1798-1827, geographer; draughtsman, French

Hebert, Louis

1798 - 1827
active, 1812-1856, optical, mathematical, philosophical & nautical inst. maker & optician, British

Newman, John Frederick

1783 - 1860
1790-1878, inventor; Church of Scotland minister/clergyman, Scottish; British

Stirling, Robert

1790 - 1878
1785-1851, artist; naturalist; ornithologist, American

Audubon, John James

1785 - 1851
1759-1818, artist; painter, Swedish

Breda, Carl Fredrik von

1759 - 1818
1780-1860, artist; portrait painter; painter; illustrator, Swiss

Chalon, Alfred Edward

1780 - 1860
1781-1856, artist, British

Walker, George

1781 - 1856
1793-1867, marine artist; illustrator; painter, English; British

Stanfield, Clarkson

1793 - 1867
active 1782-1831, map, chart and globe seller, engraver, English; British

Cary, John

1760 - 1831
1784-1851, third Earl of Liverpool; politician, British

Jenkinson, Charles Cecil Cope

1784 - 1851
1769-1821, midwife; obstetrician, French

Lachapelle, Marie-Louise

1769 - 1821
1778-1856, artist, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, English; British

Waite, William Watkin

1778 - 1856
1797-1850, banker; amateur astronomer, German

Beer, Wilhelm

1797 - 1850
1796-1858, metallurgical chemist, British; English

Pattinson, Hugh Lee

1796 - 1858
1795-1873, portrait and genre painter, English; British

Parker, Henry Perlee

1795 - 1873
1767-1830, hotelier; engineer, Scottish; British

Bell, Henry

1767 - 1830
1756-1821, scientific instrument maker, German

Beringer, David

1756 - 1821
1799-1866, inventor, New York City and Paris

Loubat, Alphonse

1799 - 1866
1756-1836, monarch, king of France

Charles X

1756 - 1836
1798/9-1845, natural philosopher; Church of England clergyman, Irish; British

Coddington, Henry

1798 - 1845
1775-1851, physician; chemist; geologist, English; British

Kidd, John

1775 - 1851
1796-1848, inventor of textile machines, French

Heilmann, Joshua

1796 - 1848
1792-1867, medallist; sculptor, French

Depaulis, Alexis Joseph

1792 - 1867
1792-1878, graphic artist; caricaturist, British

Cruikshank, George

1792 - 1878
1797-1880, physician; modelmaker, French

Auzoux, Louis Thomas Jerome

1797 - 1880
active, 1783-1818, globe maker, British

Newton, John

1759 - 1844