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Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871
Patient of Edward Jenner; First person to received Vaccination

Phipps, James

1788 - 1853
1800-1890, social reformer; civil servant, British

Chadwick, Sir Edwin

1800 - 1890
1786-1901, brand name used to 1990s, cigarette manufacturer; tobacco company, Bristol, England

W D and H O Wills Limited

1786 - 1901

Walker, John

1781 - 1859

Brunel, Isambard Kingdom

1806 - 1859

Stephenson, George

1781 - 1848
1789 - current (2020), soap manufacturers, Isleworth, England

A and F Pears Limited

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

Jennens and Company Limited

1800
1799-1871, botanist; photographic artist, British

Atkins, Anna

1799 - 1871
1791-1871, mathematician; computer pioneer, England, English; British

Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871
1771-1833, mining engineer, English; British

Trevithick, Richard

1771 - 1833

Wheatstone, Charles

1802 - 1875
1771-1831, mechanical engineer, tool maker & inventor; patentee English; British

Maudslay, Henry

1771 - 1831
active 1826-1879, wax modeller, English; British

Towne, Joseph

1806 - 1879
1810-1882, plumber; sanitary engineer, British

Jennings, George

1810 - 1882
1799-1865, active 1812-1865, physician; army medical officer, English

Barry, James

1795 - 1865
1810-c. 1960, poster printer; printer, Dunstable and London

Waterlow and Sons Limited

1810

Hancock, Thomas

1786 - 1865
1799-1852, engineer; inventor of types of steam carriage, British; English

Hancock, Walter

1799 - 1852
1794-1992, dispensing chemist; druggist, London, England

Savory and Moore Limited

1794 - 1992

Bradshaw, George

1801 - 1853

Trevithick, Richard

1771 - 1833

Cayley, George

1773 - 1857

Roberts, Richard

1789 - 1864

Hackworth, Timothy

1786 - 1850
1808-1914, optical, mathematical & philosophical (globes) instrument makers, London, England, British

Carpenter and Westley

1808 - 1914
1808-1890, mechanical engineer; amateur astronomer, Scottish; British

Nasmyth, James

1808 - 1890
1779-1843, designer; steam locomotive maker, British

Hedley, William

1779 - 1843

Armstrong, William George

1810 - 1900
1802-1966, British Army regiment, British

Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)

1802 - 1966
1789-1938?, iron smelter; coal miner; manufacturer of coal-based products, England

Newton, Chambers and Company Limited

1789 - 1972

Davy, Humphry

1778 - 1829

Beamish, Richard

1798 - 1873
1798-2000, publisher, Edinburgh, Scotland

Thomas Nelson and Sons Limited

1798 - 2000
1788-1875, print seller; publisher, active London

McLean, Thomas

1788 - 1875
active 1806-1861, scientific instrument maker, British; English

Jones, Thomas

1775 - 1852
1800-current (2010), chemical manufacturer, Glasgow, Scotland

Charles Tennant and Company

1800
active 1832-1859 , optician and optical instrument maker, French

Chevalier, Charles Louis

1804 - 1859

Hudson, George

1800 - 1871
active 1807-1901, surgical instrument maker, English

Maw

1807

Kitching, Alfred

1808 - 1882
1798-1884, chemist; pharmacist, English

Squire, Peter

1798 - 1884

Herschel, John Frederick William

1792 - 1871
1806- active 2013 papermaker, Maidstone, England

W and R Balston Limited

1806
1793-1830, active 1820s, ironmonger; nail manufacturer; brassfounder, British

Sparrow, Isaac Earlysman

1793 - 1830
1787-1854, painter; writer; inventor, English; British

Brockedon, William

1787 - 1854
active 1787-current (2009), surgical instrument maker, English?

Weiss, John

1787
1802-1892, amateur photographer, British

Smith, Samuel

1802 - 1892
1800-1877, pioneer of photography; photographer, English; British

Talbot, William Henry Fox

1800 - 1877