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active 1828-1947, marine & aeronautical navigational instrument maker, London, England, British

Henry Hughes and Son Limited

1828 - 1947

Parkes, Alexander

1813 - 1890
1819-1868, dentist who used anaesthetic; physician, American

Morton, William Thomas Green

1819 - 1868
1827-1912, surgeon; physician; developer of a system of antiseptic surgery, English; British

Lister, Joseph

1827 - 1912

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
active 1829-1895, microbiologist; chemist, French

Pasteur, Louis

1822 - 1895
1786-1901, brand name used to 1990s, cigarette manufacturer; tobacco company, Bristol, England

W D and H O Wills Limited

1786 - 1901
active 1829-1928, surgical instrument maker, London, England, British

Arnold and Sons

1829 - 1928
1813-1979, manufacturer, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, British

W and T Avery Limited

1813 - 1979

Swan, Joseph Wilson

1828 - 1914

Walker, John

1781 - 1859
1829-1901, physiologist, German

Fick, Adolf Eugen

1829 - 1901
1815-1852, mathematician; computer pioneer, British

Lovelace, Ada

1815 - 1852

Brunel, Isambard Kingdom

1806 - 1859
active 1834-1981, manufacturers of glass, Barnsley, England

Wood Brothers Glass Company Limited

1834 - 1981
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
1820-1910, reformer of Army medical services and of nursing, British; English

Nightingale, Florence

1820 - 1910
1800-1970's?, button manufacturer, London

Jennens and Company Limited

1800
1825-about 1980s, manufacturer, West Bromwich, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, British

George Salter and Company

1825 - 1990
1799-1871, botanist; photographic artist, British

Atkins, Anna

1799 - 1871
1832-2002, manufacturer, Newton-le-Willows, England

The Vulcan Foundry

1832 - 2002
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
1819-1999, submarine engineers, manufacturer of diving and breathing apparatus, United Kingdom

Siebe Gorman and Company Limited

1819 - 1999
1819-1867, inventor; sewing machine pioneer, American

Howe, Elias

1819 - 1867
1822-1911, biostatistician, human geneticist & eugenicist, English, British

Galton, Sir Francis

1822 - 1911
1827-1894, active 1854, sewing machine manufacturer, British

Wilson, William Newton

1827 - 1894
1820-1962, periodical and magazine, London

John Bull Magazine

1820 - 1962
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
Inventor of the modern knuckle coupler. 1831-1912

Eli Hamilton Janey

1831 - 1912
active 1826-1879, wax modeller, English; British

Towne, Joseph

1806 - 1879
active 1832-1922, optician & mathematical instrument maker, Dublin, Ireland

Yeates and Son

1832 - 1922
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

Mudd, James

1821 - 1906
1835-1955, opticians, optics and photographic and camera maker, Birmingham

J Lancaster and Son

1835 - 1955
1828-1918, manufacturer of engines; manufacturer of agricultural machinery, Grantham, England

R. Hornsby and Sons Limited

1828 - 1918
1833 - 1883, inventor; engineer, British; English

Vansittart, Henrietta

1833 - 1883
1826-, printer, Derby

Bemrose and Sons Limited

1826