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

Bridges, George Wilson

1788 - 1863
1794-1874, civil engineer, England, British

Rennie, Sir John

1794 - 1874
1788-1873, inventor of the electric telegraph; meteorologist, British; English

Ronalds, Sir Francis

1788 - 1873
1794-1873, pharmacist; botanist, French born; American

Durand, Elias

1794 - 1873
1794-1863, civil engineer, British

Lewin, William

1794 - 1863
1784-1863, naval officer; ship designer; politician, English; British

Elliot, George

1784 - 1863
1778-1823, mechanical engineer, American

Dod, Daniel

1778 - 1823
1793-1850, architect; engineer, Scottish; British

Handyside, William

1793 - 1850
1781-1840, mathematician; geometer; physicist, French

Poisson, Siméon-Denis

1781 - 1840
active, 1812-1856, optical, mathematical, philosophical & nautical inst. maker & optician, British

Newman, John Frederick

1783 - 1860

Guizot, Francoise Pierre Guillaume

1787 - 1874

Durand, Elias

1794 - 1873

Greville, Robert Kaye

1794 - 1866

Walker, James

1781 - 1862

Henson, Gravener

1785 - 1852

Guillan, Archibald

1790 - 1891

Scoresby, William

1789 - 1857

Martin, Kennett Beacham

1788 - 1859

Rennie, John

1794 - 1863

Sibley, Robert

1789 - 1849

Rastrick, John Urpeth

1780 - 1856

Stovin, Frederick

1783 - 1865

Hargreaves, John

1780 - 1860

Dalrymple, Leighton

1785 - 1820

Bruce, Henry William

1792 - 1863

Roberts, Richard

1789 - 1864

Hamilton, Robert

1778 - 1838

Stephenson, George

1781 - 1848

Hancock, William

1789 - 1848

Hackworth, Jane

1785 - 1852

Buckland, William

1784 - 1856

Compton, Spencer Joshua Alwyne

1790 - 1851

Thomson, James

1788 - 1850

Mewburn, Francis

1785 - 1867

Waterton, Charles

1782 - 1865

Hancock, Thomas

1786 - 1865

Somerville, Mary Fairfax

1780 - 1872

Smith, Thomas Southwood

1788 - 1861

Traill, Thomas Stewart

1781 - 1862

King, Philip Parker

1793 - 1856

Encke, Johann Franz

1791 - 1865

Temminck, Coenraad Jacob

1778 - 1858

Harris, William Snow

1791 - 1867

Maudslay, Thomas Henry

1792 - 1864

Richardson, John

1787 - 1865

Ronalds, Francis

1788 - 1873

Audubon, John James

1785 - 1851