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

Henry Hughes and Son Limited

1828 - 1947
1836-1917, physician, British

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett

1836 - 1917
Patient of Edward Jenner; First person to received Vaccination

Phipps, James

1788 - 1853
1818-1865, physician, Hungarian

Semmelweis, Ignaz Philipp

1818 - 1865
1815-1852, mathematician; computer pioneer, British

Lovelace, Ada

1815 - 1852
1827-1912, surgeon; physician; developer of a system of antiseptic surgery, English; British

Lister, Joseph

1827 - 1912
1789 - current (2020), soap manufacturers, Isleworth, England

A and F Pears Limited

1789
1800-1970's?, button manufacturer, London

Jennens and Company Limited

1800

Parkes, Alexander

1813 - 1890

Wheatstone, Charles

1802 - 1875

Hancock, William

1789 - 1848

Hancock, Thomas

1786 - 1865
1779-1780, gigantic infant, English; British

Everitt, Thomas Hills

1702 - 1780
1799-1883, bobbin manufacturer; aeronautical engineer; portrait photographer, English, British

Stringfellow, John

1799 - 1883
1771-1833, mining engineer, English; British

Trevithick, Richard

1771 - 1833
1796-1848, inventor of textile machines, French

Heilmann, Joshua

1796 - 1848
active 1849-1886, optician, optical designer & optical instrument maker, French

Duboscq, Jules

1817 - 1886
active 1832-1859 , optician and optical instrument maker, French

Chevalier, Charles Louis

1804 - 1859
active 1829-1928, surgical instrument maker, London, England, British

Arnold and Sons

1829 - 1928
1798-1849, King of Piedmont, reigned 1831-1849,

Charles Albert of Sardinia

1798 - 1849
active 1834-1981, manufacturers of glass, Barnsley, England

Wood Brothers Glass Company Limited

1834 - 1981
1819-1905, civil engineer, English; British

Stephenson, George Robert

1819 - 1905
1812-1887, journalist; author; playwright, British.

Mayhew, Henry

1812 - 1887
1788-1842, organic chemist, French

Pelletier, Pierre Joseph

1788 - 1842
1815-1888, artist, British

Dobbin, John

1815 - 1888
1800-1890, social reformer; civil servant, British

Chadwick, Sir Edwin

1800 - 1890
1799-1871, botanist; photographic artist, British

Atkins, Anna

1799 - 1871

Walker, John

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

Morton, William Thomas Green

1819 - 1868
1825-about 1980s, manufacturer, West Bromwich, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, British

George Salter and Company

1825 - 1990

Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871

Hackworth, Timothy

1786 - 1850
1814-1890, mathematician, phonetician, pioneer photographer, British

Ellis, Alexander John

1814 - 1890
active 1818-1856, optician, optical, mathematical & philosophical instrument maker, London, England

Watkins & Hill

1818 - 1856
active 1808-1847, compass maker; optician & mathematical, philosophical instrument maker, London, England, British

Bate, Robert Brettell

1782 - 1847
1788-1863, cleric; writer; photographer; traveller, British

Bridges, George Wilson

1788 - 1863
1818-1984, lock and safe manufacturer, England, British

Chubb and Son's Lock and Safe Company Limited

1818 - 1984
1835-present, journal, British

Railway Gazette International

1835
active 1878-1911, scientific instrument manufacturer, London, England

Hicks, James Joseph

1837 - 1916
1797-1867, photographer, French

Claudet, Antoine

1797 - 1867
1819-1889, photographer; inventor, French

Disdéri, André-Adolphe-Eugène

1819 - 1889
1813-1901, photographer; politician, English; British

Mayall, John Jabez Edwin

1813 - 1901
1819-1999, submarine engineers, manufacturer of diving and breathing apparatus, United Kingdom

Siebe Gorman and Company Limited

1819 - 1999
1794-1874, civil engineer, England, British

Rennie, Sir John

1794 - 1874
1834-1864, publisher, High Holborn

John Weale

1834 - 1864
1802-1875, pioneer of telegraphy, scientist and contributor to optics, English; British

Wheatstone, Sir Charles

1802 - 1875
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
Photographer, Inventor

Warnerke, Leon

1837 - 1900
1824-1889, engraver; etcher; artist; printmaker, English; British

Barlow, Thomas Oldham

1824 - 1889