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

Henry Hughes and Son Limited

1828 - 1947

Alexander Parkes

1813 - 1890
1827-1912, surgeon; physician; developer of a system of antiseptic surgery, English; British

Joseph Lister

1827 - 1912
1819-1868, dentist who used anaesthetic; physician, American

William Thomas Green Morton

1819 - 1868

Charles Babbage

1791 - 1871
1818-1865, physician, Hungarian

Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis

1818 - 1865
Patient of Edward Jenner; First person to received Vaccination

James Phipps

1788 - 1853
active 1829-1895, microbiologist; chemist, French

Louis Pasteur

1822 - 1895
1800-1890, social reformer; civil servant, British

Edwin Chadwick

1800 - 1890

John Walker

1781 - 1859
active 1829-1928, surgical instrument maker, London, England, British

Arnold and Sons

1829 - 1928
1815-1852, mathematician; computer pioneer, British

Ada Lovelace

1815 - 1852
1786-1901, brand name used to 1990s, cigarette manufacturer; tobacco company, Bristol, England

W D and H O Wills Limited

1786 - 1901
Sir

Joseph Wilson Swan

1828 - 1914
1829-1901, physiologist, German

Adolf Eugen Fick

1829 - 1901
1813-1979, manufacturer, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, British

W and T Avery Limited

1813 - 1979
1813-1858, anaesthetist; epidemiologist; physician, British; English

John Snow

1813 - 1858
Mr

George Stephenson

1781 - 1848

Isambard Kingdom Brunel

1806 - 1859
1825-about 1980s, manufacturer, West Bromwich, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, British

George Salter and Company

1825 - 1990
Sir

Charles Wheatstone

1802 - 1875
1799-1871, botanist; photographic artist, British

Anna Atkins

1799 - 1871
1820-1910, reformer of Army medical services and of nursing, British; English

Florence Nightingale

1820 - 1910
1820-1962, periodical and magazine, London

John Bull Magazine

1820 - 1962
1818-1984, lock and safe manufacturer, England, British

Chubb and Son's Lock and Safe Company Limited

1818 - 1984
1791-1871, mathematician; computer pioneer, England, English; British

Charles Babbage

1791 - 1871
Mr

Timothy Hackworth

1786 - 1850
1819-1999, submarine engineers, manufacturer of diving and breathing apparatus, United Kingdom

Siebe Gorman and Company Limited

1819 - 1999
1818-1889, physicist, English, British

James Prescott Joule

1818 - 1889
1819-1867, inventor; sewing machine pioneer, American

Elias Howe

1819 - 1867
1827-1894, active 1854, sewing machine manufacturer, British

William Newton Wilson

1827 - 1894
1822-1911, biostatistician, human geneticist & eugenicist, English, British

Francis Galton

1822 - 1911
1810-c. 1960, poster printer; printer, Dunstable and London

Waterlow and Sons Limited

1810 - 1960
1810-1882, plumber; sanitary engineer, British

George Jennings

1810 - 1882
1828-1918, manufacturer of engines; manufacturer of agricultural machinery, Grantham, England

R. Hornsby and Sons Limited

1828 - 1918

Thomas Hancock

1786 - 1865
active 1826-1879, wax modeller, English; British

Joseph Towne

1806 - 1879
Mr

James Mudd

1821 - 1906
1799-1865, active 1812-1865, physician; army medical officer, English

James Barry

1789 - 1865
1812-1887, journalist; author; playwright, British.

Henry Mayhew

1812 - 1887
1799-1852, engineer; inventor of types of steam carriage, British; English

Walter Hancock

1799 - 1852
Mr

John Benjamin Dancer

1812 - 1887
1789 - current (2020), soap manufacturers, Isleworth, England

A and F Pears Limited

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

Jennens and Company Limited

1800

August Wilhelm Hofmann

1818 - 1892
active 1824-1963, glass manufacturer, Smethwick, Staffordshire, England, British

Chance Brothers Limited

1824 - 1963

W and T Avery Limited

1813 - 1979
1794-1992, dispensing chemist; druggist, London, England

Savory and Moore Limited

1794 - 1992
Mr

George Bradshaw

1801 - 1853
1812-1887, active 1835-1878, optician, optical, mathematical & philosophical instrument maker, British

John Benjamin Dancer

1812 - 1887