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Patient of Edward Jenner; First person to received Vaccination

Phipps, James

1788 - 1853
1789 - current (2020), soap manufacturers, Isleworth, England

A and F Pears Limited

1789
1800-1970's?, button manufacturer, London

Jennens and Company Limited

1800

Wheatstone, Charles

1802 - 1875

Hancock, William

1789 - 1848

Hancock, Thomas

1786 - 1865
1799-1883, bobbin manufacturer; aeronautical engineer; portrait photographer, English, British

Stringfellow, John

1799 - 1883
1796-1848, inventor of textile machines, French

Heilmann, Joshua

1796 - 1848
active 1832-1859 , optician and optical instrument maker, French

Chevalier, Charles Louis

1804 - 1859
1798-1849, King of Piedmont, reigned 1831-1849,

Charles Albert of Sardinia

1798 - 1849
1788-1842, organic chemist, French

Pelletier, Pierre Joseph

1788 - 1842
1800-1890, social reformer; civil servant, British

Chadwick, Sir Edwin

1800 - 1890
1799-1871, botanist; photographic artist, British

Atkins, Anna

1799 - 1871

Walker, John

1781 - 1859

Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871

Hackworth, Timothy

1786 - 1850
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
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
1784-1863, naval officer; ship designer; politician, English; British

Elliot, George

1784 - 1863
1799-1859, mathematician; writer, British

Grant, Horace

1799 - 1859
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
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

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