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Parkes, Alexander

1813 - 1890

Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871
1818-1865, physician, Hungarian

Semmelweis, Ignaz Philipp

1818 - 1865
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
1813-1979, manufacturer, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, British

W and T Avery Limited

1813 - 1979

Walker, John

1781 - 1859
1815-1852, mathematician; computer pioneer, British

Lovelace, Ada

1815 - 1852

Brunel, Isambard Kingdom

1806 - 1859
1813-1858, anaesthetist; epidemiologist; physician, British; English

Snow, John

1813 - 1858

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

Chubb and Son's Lock and Safe Company Limited

1818 - 1984
1771-1833, mining engineer, English; British

Trevithick, Richard

1771 - 1833
1818-1889, physicist, English, British

Joule, James Prescott

1818 - 1889

Wheatstone, Charles

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

Maudslay, Henry

1771 - 1831
1816-1968, manufacturer of pharmaceutical products, Edinburgh, Scotland

Duncan Flockhart and Company Limited

1816
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
1812-1887, journalist; author; playwright, British.

Mayhew, Henry

1812 - 1887
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

Hofmann, August Wilhelm von

1818 - 1892

Bradshaw, George

1801 - 1853

Trevithick, Richard

1771 - 1833

Cayley, George

1773 - 1857

Dancer, John Benjamin

1812 - 1887

Roberts, Richard

1789 - 1864
1818-present, lamp manufacturer, Stoke Newington

Tilley Ltd

1818
1812-1887, active 1835-1878, optician, optical, mathematical & philosophical instrument maker, British

Dancer, John Benjamin

1812 - 1887

Hackworth, Timothy

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

Carpenter and Westley

1808 - 1914
1814-1896, artist; printmaker, British

Bourne, John Cooke

1814 - 1896
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
1813-1897, zoologist, Danish, Denmark

Steenstrup, Johannes Japetus Smith

1813 - 1897
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

Gooch, Daniel

1816 - 1889