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1770-1843, anatomist, Irish

Macartney, James

1770 - 1843
1808-1874, inventor; ship's propeller patentee; marine engineer, England, British

Smith, Sir Francis Petit

1808 - 1874
1854-1923, railway administrator, London

Brewer, John Jennings

1854 - 1923
1809-1903, astronomer; meteorologist, British

Glaisher, James

1809 - 1903
active 1865-1965, bell manufacturers, Whitechapel

Mears & Stainbank Founders

1865 - 1965
1768/9-1832, artist; architectural draughtsman, active in the UK, French-born

Pugin, Augustus Charles

1762 - 1832
1787-1855, antiquary, portuguese scholar and railway administrator, Newcastle, British

Adamson, John

1787 - 1855
1771-1831, mechanical engineer, tool maker & inventor; patentee English; British

Maudslay, Henry

1771 - 1831
1845-1922, physician, French

Laveran, Charles Louis Alphonse

1845 - 1922
1792-1868, shipping broker, Scottish; British

Anderson, Arthur

1792 - 1868
1831-1879, physicist, British

Maxwell, James Clerk

1831 - 1879
1862-1893, chemist, German

Sachse, Hermann

1862 - 1893
1828-1903, locomotive manufacturer, Manchester, England

Sharp Stewart and Company Limited

1828 - 1903
1815-1861, histologist; microscopist, English; British

Quekett, John Thomas

1815 - 1861
1850-1922, medallist, Swedish

Högel, August

1850 - 1922
1820-1910, photographer; caricaturist; journalist; novelist; balloonist, French

Nadar, Félix

1820 - 1910
1824-1888, inventor, American

Wilson, Allen

1824 - 1888
1829-1904, geologist; astronomer, British; Welsh

Roberts, Isaac

1829 - 1904
1821-1902, physician; pathologist; anthropologist, German

Virchow, Rudolf Ludwig Karl

1821 - 1902
1794-1875, engineer, French

Cave, Francois

1794 - 1875
1781-1868, natural philosopher and academic administrator, Scottish; British

Brewster, Sir David

1781 - 1868
1771-1802, physician; anatomist; physiologist, French

Bichat, Marie Francois Xavier

1771 - 1802
1804-1892, comparative anatomist; palaeontologist, British

Owen, Richard

1804 - 1892
1815-1879, photographer, Indian-born, British

Cameron, Julia Margaret

1815 - 1879
1798-1884, chemist; pharmacist, English

Squire, Peter

1798 - 1884
1842-1919, dermatologist, French

Hallopeau, Francois Henri

1842 - 1919
1811-1899, chemist, German

Bunsen, Robert Wilhelm

1811 - 1899
1814-1874, physicist; spectroscopist, Swedish

Ångström, Anders Jonas

1814 - 1874
1831-1904, anatomist; embryologist, Swiss

His, Wilhelm

1831 - 1904
1859-1927, chemist, Swedish

Arrhenius, Svante August

1859 - 1927
1868-1948, chemist; antiquary; collector, English; British

Gabb, George Hugh

1868 - 1948
1793-1864 artist; draughtsman, British

Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer

1793 - 1864
1834-1904, Siebe & Gorman Company founder member, Limerick, Irish

Gorman, William Augustus

1834 - 1904
1824-1884, geologist, brass-founder, English, British

Tylor, Alfred

1824 - 1884
1819-1890, inventor who developed the typewriter, American

Sholes, Christopher Latham

1819 - 1890
c. 1830-1913, dermatologist, French?

Zambaco Pacha, Demetrius Alexandre

1830 - 1913
1826-1901, electrical engineer; inventor, Belgian

Gramme, Zénobe

1826 - 1901
1859-1906, physicist, French

Curie, Pierre

1859 - 1906
1870-1958, artist, English; British

Elwell, Frederick William

1870 - 1958
1862-1940, inventor of a petrol vehicle, British

Butler, Edward

1862 - 1940
1819-1905, Baron Lambermont, statesman, Belgian

Lambermont, Auguste

1819 - 1905
1826-1903, artist; photographer, British

Ruff, George

1826 - 1903
1851-1857, whaling ship, Mattapoisett, Massachusetts, American

Alice Mandell (1851)

1851 - 1857
1809-1882, railway company director, MP, British

Leeman, George

1809 - 1882
c. 1864-1943, scientist; botanist; educator; inventor, African American

Carver, George Washington

1864 - 1943
1853-1930, stockbroker; amateur photographer, British

Job, Charles

1853 - 1930
1821-1885, astronomer; astrophysicist; optical instrument maker, Polish

Prazmowski, Adam Jozef Ignacy

1821 - 1885
1799-1868, botanist, Scottish; British

Arnott, George Arnott Walker

1799 - 1868
bap. 1817-1876, sculptor, English; British

Noble, Matthew N

1817 - 1876
1769-1823, aeronaut; parachutist , French

Garnerin, Andre Jacques

1769 - 1823