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Alexander Parkes

1813 - 1890

Charles Babbage

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

James Phipps

1788 - 1853
1815-1852, mathematician; computer pioneer, British

Ada Lovelace

1815 - 1852

John Walker

1781 - 1859
1800-1890, social reformer; civil servant, British

Edwin Chadwick

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

W D and H O Wills Limited

1786 - 1901
1813-1979, manufacturer, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, British

W and T Avery Limited

1813 - 1979
Mr

George Stephenson

1781 - 1848
1813-1858, anaesthetist; epidemiologist; physician, British; English

John Snow

1813 - 1858

Isambard Kingdom Brunel

1806 - 1859
1771-1833, mining engineer, English; British

Richard Trevithick

1771 - 1833
1799-1871, botanist; photographic artist, British

Anna Atkins

1799 - 1871
Sir

Charles Wheatstone

1802 - 1875

Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve

1793 - 1864
1791-1871, mathematician; computer pioneer, England, English; British

Charles Babbage

1791 - 1871
1771-1831, mechanical engineer, tool maker & inventor; patentee English; British

Henry Maudslay

1771 - 1831
Mr

Timothy Hackworth

1786 - 1850
1810-c. 1960, poster printer; printer, Dunstable and London

Waterlow and Sons Limited

1810 - 1960
1806-1992, silversmiths, platers and metal workers, Sheffield

James Dixon & Sons

1806 - 1992

Thomas Hancock

1786 - 1865

Richard Trevithick

1771 - 1833
1810-1882, plumber; sanitary engineer, British

George Jennings

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

James Barry

1789 - 1865
active 1826-1879, wax modeller, English; British

Joseph Towne

1806 - 1879
Mr

John Benjamin Dancer

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

Henry Mayhew

1812 - 1887
1799-1852, engineer; inventor of types of steam carriage, British; English

Walter Hancock

1799 - 1852
1800-1970's?, button manufacturer, London

Jennens and Company Limited

1800
1789 - current (2020), soap manufacturers, Isleworth, England

A and F Pears Limited

1789

W and T Avery Limited

1813 - 1979
active 1800-1963, manufacturer of hearing aids, London, England

FC Rein and Son, FC Rein &

1800 - 1963
1794-1992, dispensing chemist; druggist, London, England

Savory and Moore Limited

1794 - 1992
Mr

George Bradshaw

1801 - 1853
1812-1887, active 1835-1878, optician, optical, mathematical & philosophical instrument maker, British

John Benjamin Dancer

1812 - 1887
Sir

George Cayley

1773 - 1857

Richard Roberts

1789 - 1864
1813-1897, zoologist, Danish, Denmark

Steenstrup, Johannes Japetus Smith

1813 - 1897
1808-1914, optical, mathematical & philosophical (globes) instrument makers, London, England, British

Carpenter and Westley

1808 - 1914

George Hudson

1800 - 1871
1792-1851, inventor of ticket-printing machinery, British

Thomas Edmondson

1792 - 1851
locomotive engineer, German-born; British; LGBTQIA+

Charles Frederick Beyer

1813 - 1876

Richard Beamish

1798 - 1873
1791-1867, natural philosopher; scientific adviser, England, British

Michael Faraday

1791 - 1867
1808-1890, mechanical engineer; amateur astronomer, Scottish; British

James Hall Nasmyth

1808 - 1890
1774-1969, button makers, Birmingham

William Dowler & Sons Limited

1774 - 1969
1798-1884, chemist; pharmacist, English

Peter Squire

1798 - 1884
1806-1875, neurologist, France

Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand Duchenne, Guillaume Benjamin Amand

1806 - 1875
1779-1843, designer; steam locomotive maker, British

William Hedley

1779 - 1843
1814-1896, artist; printmaker, British

John Cooke Bourne

1814 - 1896