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1824-1884, scientific instrument maker, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Scottish; British

White, James

1824 - 1884

Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871
active 1828-1947, marine & aeronautical navigational instrument maker, London, England, British

Henry Hughes and Son Limited

1828 - 1947

White, James

1811 - 1884

Wheatstone, Charles

1802 - 1875
Patient of Edward Jenner; First person to received Vaccination

Phipps, James

1788 - 1853

Swan, Joseph Wilson

1828 - 1914
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
1812-1887, journalist; author; playwright, British.

Mayhew, Henry

1812 - 1887
1808-1914, optical, mathematical & philosophical (globes) instrument makers, London, England, British

Carpenter and Westley

1808 - 1914
1785-1870, inventor; mathematician, French

Thomas, Charles Xavier

1785 - 1870
1800-1970's?, button manufacturer, London

Jennens and Company Limited

1800
1812-1890, organ builder; bicycle designer, German

Fischer, Philipp Moritz

1812 - 1890
1819-1904, marine artist, British; English

Hayes, Edwin

1819 - 1904
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
active 1829-1830s, iron founder; anchor smith; marine engine maker; civil engineer, Bristol, England

William Daniel and William Edward Acraman

1829 - 1842
1799-1859, mathematician; writer, British

Grant, Horace

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

Elliot, George

1784 - 1863
1820-1897, engineer, British; Scottish

Kirkaldy, David

1820 - 1897
1824-1886, engineer, British

Ordish, Rowland Mason

1824 - 1886
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
1820-1896, civil engineer, England, British

Margary, Peter John

1820 - 1896
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
1826-1898, civil engineer, British; English

Douglass, Sir James Nicholas

1826 - 1898
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
1816-1895, physician; physiologist, German

Ludwig, Carl Friedrich Wilhelm

1816 - 1895
1798-1827, geographer; draughtsman, French

Hebert, Louis

1798 - 1827
active 1870s, photographer, British

Keene, Richard

1825 - 1812
active, 1812-1856, optical, mathematical, philosophical & nautical inst. maker & optician, British

Newman, John Frederick

1783 - 1860

Wallis, George

1811 - 1891

Tanner, Henry

1826 - 1897

Rossi, Alessandro

1819 - 1898

Marenholtz-Bülow, Bertha von

1810 - 1893

Denton, John Bailey

1814 - 1893

Eardley-Wilmot, John Eardley

1810 - 1892

Shand, Alexander

1828 - 1904

Codazza, Giovanni

1816 - 1877
1818-1889, physicist, English, British

Joule, James Prescott

1818 - 1889

Buckland, Francis Trevelyan

1826 - 1880

Guizot, Francoise Pierre Guillaume

1787 - 1874