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1817-1889, metallurgist; physician, British

Percy, John

1817 - 1889
1799-1883, architect, English, British

Cubitt, Lewis

1709 - 1883
active 1856, sculptor, French

Cavelier, Pierre-Jules

1814 - 1894
1788-1869, merchant and railway administrator and director, British

Booth, Henry

1788 - 1869
1801-1883, physicist, inventor, Belgium

Plateau, Joseph

1801 - 1883
active 1830s-1860s, sculptor; medallist, French

Vauthier-Gallé, Adrien

1818 - 1899
1763-1821, ophthalmologist, Austrian

Beer, Georg Joseph

1763 - 1821
1804-1867, printer; inventor of type of colour printing process, British, English

Baxter, George

1804 - 1867
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
1807-1868, active 1837-1868, optician, optical instrument maker (telescopes), English; British

Cooke, Thomas

1807 - 1868
1791-1867, natural philosopher; scientific adviser, England, British

Faraday, Michael

1791 - 1867
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
1815-1889, medallist; sculptor, German

Brehmer, Heinrich Friedrich

1815 - 1889
1787-1864, clergyman, English; British

Stanhope, Fitzroy

1787 - 1864
1786-1901, brand name used to 1990s, cigarette manufacturer; tobacco company, Bristol, England

W D and H O Wills Limited

1786 - 1901
1819-1901, queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 1837-1901, empress of India

Victoria

1819 - 1901
1769-1832, printmaker; artist, British; English

Havell, Robert

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

Wild, Charles Heard

1819 - 1857
1798-1862, medallist, Belgian

Pingret, Joseph Arnold

1798 - 1862
1796-1824, aeronaut; balloonist; gas engineer, British

Sadler, Windham

1796 - 1824
1810-1878, chemist & physicist, French

Regnault, Henri Victor

1810 - 1878
1761-1838, publisher; printseller, British

Fores, S W

1761 - 1838
1803-1882, artist; engraver; watercolour painter, British

Duncan, Edward

1803 - 1882
1786-1817, electrical researcher; lecturer, London, England

Singer, George John

1786 - 1817
active 1790-1820, mathematical, philosophical, nautical & optical instrument makers, Paris, France

Jecker, Francoise-Antoine

1765 - 1834
1816-1888, railway engineer; civil engineer, British

Crampton, Thomas Russell

1816 - 1888
1811-1875, inventor; entrepreneur, American

Singer, Isaac Merritt

1811 - 1875
1808-1874, inventor; ship's propeller patentee; marine engineer, England, British

Smith, Sir Francis Petit

1808 - 1874
1770-1843, anatomist, Irish

Macartney, James

1770 - 1843
1809-1903, astronomer; meteorologist, British

Glaisher, James

1809 - 1903
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
1792-1868, shipping broker, Scottish; British

Anderson, Arthur

1792 - 1868
1815-1861, histologist; microscopist, English; British

Quekett, John Thomas

1815 - 1861
1820-1910, photographer; caricaturist; journalist; novelist; balloonist, French

Nadar, Félix

1820 - 1910
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
1811-1899, chemist, German

Bunsen, Robert Wilhelm

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

Ångström, Anders Jonas

1814 - 1874
1793-1864 artist; draughtsman, British

Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer

1793 - 1864
1819-1890, inventor who developed the typewriter, American

Sholes, Christopher Latham

1819 - 1890
1819-1905, Baron Lambermont, statesman, Belgian

Lambermont, Auguste

1819 - 1905
1809-1882, railway company director, MP, British

Leeman, George

1809 - 1882
1799-1868, botanist, Scottish; British

Arnott, George Arnott Walker

1799 - 1868