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1798-1884, chemist; pharmacist, English

Squire, Peter

1798 - 1884
1799-1871, botanist; photographic artist, British

Atkins, Anna

1799 - 1871
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
active 1808-1847, compass maker; optician & mathematical, philosophical instrument maker, London, England, British

Bate, Robert Brettell

1782 - 1847
1813-1979, manufacturer, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, British

W and T Avery Limited

1813 - 1979
1788-1863, cleric; writer; photographer; traveller, British

Bridges, George Wilson

1788 - 1863
1797-1867, photographer, French

Claudet, Antoine

1797 - 1867
1813-1901, photographer; politician, English; British

Mayall, John Jabez Edwin

1813 - 1901
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
1812-1890, organ builder; bicycle designer, German

Fischer, Philipp Moritz

1812 - 1890
1794-1873, pharmacist; botanist, French born; American

Durand, Elias

1794 - 1873
1812-1889, engineer; astronomer, British; Scottish

Newall, Robert Stirling

1812 - 1889
1810-1882, photographer, British; Welsh

Llewelyn, John Dillwyn

1810 - 1882
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
1806-1863, naturalist; geologist; author; teacher, French

Boubee, Neree

1806 - 1863
1813-1899, mechanical engineer, British

Jackson, Peter Rothwell

1813 - 1899
1793-1850, architect; engineer, Scottish; British

Handyside, William

1793 - 1850
1810-1896, photographer, Scottish; British

Collie, William

1810 - 1896
1805-1883, naval officer; inventor; pantetee; engineer; surveyor, English; British

Peacock, George

1805 - 1883
1808-1881, active 1840s, analysing lead mining in Derbyshire, British

Taylor, John

1808 - 1881
1781-1840, mathematician; geometer; physicist, French

Poisson, Siméon-Denis

1781 - 1840
1809-1879, barrister, photographer, secretary of the Society of Arts, British

Foster, Peter Le Neve

1809 - 1879
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

Wallis, George

1811 - 1891

Marenholtz-Bülow, Bertha von

1810 - 1893

Denton, John Bailey

1814 - 1893

Eardley-Wilmot, John Eardley

1810 - 1892

Guizot, Francoise Pierre Guillaume

1787 - 1874

Winkles, H.

1801 - 1860

Durand, Elias

1794 - 1873

Boubee, Neree

1806 - 1863

Greville, Robert Kaye

1794 - 1866

Kitching, Alfred

1808 - 1882

Walker, James

1781 - 1862

Parkes, Alexander

1813 - 1890

Smiles, Samuel

1812 - 1904

Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham

1810 - 1897

Henson, Gravener

1785 - 1852

Bentall, Edward Hammond

1814 - 1898

Phillips, John

1800 - 1874

Scamp, William

1801 - 1872