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Pease, Sir Joseph Whitwell (1828-1903) 1st Baronet Businessman and MP

1828 - 1903
1836-1917, physician, British

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett

1836 - 1917

Parkes, Alexander

1813 - 1890

Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871

Paxton, Joseph

1803 - 1865
1827-1912, surgeon; physician; developer of a system of antiseptic surgery, English; British

Lister, Joseph

1827 - 1912

Scamp, William

1801 - 1872

Nightingale, Florence

1820 - 1910
1819-1868, dentist who used anaesthetic; physician, American

Morton, William Thomas Green

1819 - 1868

Fowler, William Henry

1807 - 1904
1815-1852, mathematician; computer pioneer, British

Lovelace, Ada

1815 - 1852
1838-1907, chemist, English; British

Perkin, Sir William Henry

1838 - 1907

Walker, John

1781 - 1859
active 1828-1947, marine & aeronautical navigational instrument maker, London, England, British

Henry Hughes and Son Limited

1828 - 1947
William Howe was a railway and mechanical engineer

Howe, William

1814 - 1879
1829-1901, physiologist, German

Fick, Adolf Eugen

1829 - 1901

Wheatstone, Charles

1802 - 1875

Trevithick, Richard

1771 - 1833
1771-1833, mining engineer, English; British

Trevithick, Richard

1771 - 1833

Swan, Joseph Wilson

1828 - 1914
1833 - 1883, inventor; engineer, British; English

Vansittart, Henrietta

1833 - 1883

Roberts, Richard

1789 - 1864

Stephenson, George

1781 - 1848
Patient of Edward Jenner; First person to received Vaccination

Phipps, James

1788 - 1853
1813-1897, zoologist, Danish, Denmark

Steenstrup, Johannes Japetus Smith

1813 - 1897
1786-1901, brand name used to 1990s, cigarette manufacturer; tobacco company, Bristol, England

W D and H O Wills Limited

1786 - 1901
1839-1932, shipping company, British

Royal Mail Steam Packet Company

1839 - 1932
1819-1867, inventor; sewing machine pioneer, American

Howe, Elias

1819 - 1867
1810-1882, plumber; sanitary engineer, British

Jennings, George

1810 - 1882
1791-1871, mathematician; computer pioneer, England, English; British

Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871
active 1820s & 1843, chemist & instrument & natural specimen seller, Leamington & Cambridge, England

Deck, Isaiah

1792 - 1853
1785-1861, engineer; millwright, English; British

Cubitt, Sir William

1785 - 1861
active 1824-1963, glass manufacturer, Smethwick, Staffordshire, England, British

Chance Brothers Limited

1824 - 1963
active 1829-1895, microbiologist; chemist, French

Pasteur, Louis

1822 - 1895
1826-1887, physician; neurologist; physiologist, French

Vulpian, Edme Felix Alfred

1826 - 1887
active 1830/31-1925, optical instrument maker, English; British

Browning, John

1830 - 1925
1764-1834, active 1791-1830, publisher, London, England

Ackermann and Company

1764 - 1834
1827-1894, active 1854, sewing machine manufacturer, British

Wilson, William Newton

1827 - 1894

Cross, John Cartwright

1775 - 1810

Wilson, James

1765 - 1821
active 1832-1922, optician & mathematical instrument maker, Dublin, Ireland

Yeates and Son

1832 - 1922
active 1829-1928, surgical instrument maker, London, England, British

Arnold and Sons

1829 - 1928
1837-c.1969, optical instrument manufacturer, London, England

W Watson and Sons Limited

1837 - 1969

Cayley, George

1773 - 1857

Hackworth, Timothy

1786 - 1850

Hudson, George

1800 - 1871
1838-1903, mechanical and chemical engineer, British

Fox, Samson

1838 - 1903
active 1834-1981, manufacturers of glass, Barnsley, England

Wood Brothers Glass Company Limited

1834 - 1981
1800-1890, social reformer; civil servant, British

Chadwick, Sir Edwin

1800 - 1890
1785-1870, inventor; mathematician, French

Thomas, Charles Xavier

1785 - 1870