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Patient of Edward Jenner; First person to received Vaccination

Phipps, James

1788 - 1853

Stephenson, George

1781 - 1848

Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871
active 1808-1847, compass maker; optician & mathematical, philosophical instrument maker, London, England, British

Bate, Robert Brettell

1782 - 1847

Hancock, Thomas

1786 - 1865
1792-1871, mathematician and astronomer, English; British

Herschel, Sir John Frederick William

1792 - 1871
1799-1883, bobbin manufacturer; aeronautical engineer; portrait photographer, English, British

Stringfellow, John

1799 - 1883

Bradshaw, George

1801 - 1853
1800-present, manufacturer, Hanley

Dudson Bros

1800
active 1806-1861, scientific instrument maker, British; English

Jones, Thomas

1775 - 1852
1788-1863, cleric; writer; photographer; traveller, British

Bridges, George Wilson

1788 - 1863
1797-1867, photographer, French

Claudet, Antoine

1797 - 1867
1794-1874, civil engineer, England, British

Rennie, Sir John

1794 - 1874
1802-1875, pioneer of telegraphy, scientist and contributor to optics, English; British

Wheatstone, Sir Charles

1802 - 1875
1788-1873, inventor of the electric telegraph; meteorologist, British; English

Ronalds, Sir Francis

1788 - 1873
1800-1877, pioneer of photography; photographer, English; British

Talbot, William Henry Fox

1800 - 1877
1805-1894, artist and photographer, German

Stelzner, Carl Ferdinand

1805 - 1894
1794-1873, pharmacist; botanist, French born; American

Durand, Elias

1794 - 1873
1794-1863, civil engineer, British

Lewin, William

1794 - 1863
1799-1859, mathematician; writer, British

Grant, Horace

1799 - 1859
1784-1863, naval officer; ship designer; politician, English; British

Elliot, George

1784 - 1863
1778-1823, mechanical engineer, American

Dod, Daniel

1778 - 1823
1772-1844, naturalist, French

Saint-Hilaire, Etienne Geoffroy

1772 - 1844
1793-1850, architect; engineer, Scottish; British

Handyside, William

1793 - 1850
1805-1883, naval officer; inventor; pantetee; engineer; surveyor, English; British

Peacock, George

1805 - 1883
1781-1840, mathematician; geometer; physicist, French

Poisson, Siméon-Denis

1781 - 1840
1773-c1876

British Cast Plate Glass Company

1773 - 1876
1795-1864, sculptor, British

Behnes, William

1795 - 1864
1798-1827, geographer; draughtsman, French

Hebert, Louis

1798 - 1827
active, 1812-1856, optical, mathematical, philosophical & nautical inst. maker & optician, British

Newman, John Frederick

1783 - 1860
1790-1878, inventor; Church of Scotland minister/clergyman, Scottish; British

Stirling, Robert

1790 - 1878
1785-1851, artist; naturalist; ornithologist, American

Audubon, John James

1785 - 1851

Guizot, Francoise Pierre Guillaume

1787 - 1874

Winkles, H.

1801 - 1860

Durand, Elias

1794 - 1873

Greville, Robert Kaye

1794 - 1866

Walker, James

1781 - 1862

Henson, Gravener

1785 - 1852

Howard, Luke

1772 - 1864

Phillips, John

1800 - 1874

Scamp, William

1801 - 1872

Guillan, Archibald

1790 - 1891

Paxton, Joseph

1803 - 1865

Scoresby, William

1789 - 1857

Martin, Kennett Beacham

1788 - 1859

Rennie, John

1794 - 1863

Sibley, Robert

1789 - 1849

Rastrick, John Urpeth

1780 - 1856

Locke, Joseph

1805 - 1860

Stovin, Frederick

1783 - 1865