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1782-1868, mechanical engineer, Scottish; British

Robertson, John

1782 - 1868
1799-1869, inventor of agricultural machinery; minister, Scottish

Bell, Patrick

1799 - 1869
1823-1914, railway administrator, England, British

Oakley, Sir Henry

1811 - 1914
1803-1874, hydropathy practitioner, English; British

Smedley, John

1803 - 1874
1781-1848, colliery engineer; railway engineer, English; British

Stephenson, George

1781 - 1848
1793-1908, tramway, Derbyshire

Derby Canal Railway

1793 - 1908
1860-1903, railway company, Northern Ireland

Belfast & Northern Counties Railway

1805 - 1903
1810-1859, railway company, England, United Kingdom

Gloucester & Cheltenham Railway Company

1810 - 1859
1785-1870, aeronaut, British; English

Green, Charles

1785 - 1870
1781-1849, surveyor; civil engineer; canal builder, British

Green, James

1781 - 1849
1807-1883 , architect; engineer; musician, British

Desvignes, Peter Hubert

1807 - 1883
1788-1850, engraver, English; British

Thomson, James

1788 - 1850
1784-1856, geologist; dean of Westminster, British; English

Buckland, William

1784 - 1856
1811-1838, railway company, Scotland, United Kingdom

Berwick & Kelso Railway

1811 - 1838
1878-1924, railway company, United Kingdom

Ballycastle Railway

1812 - 1924
1799-1883, architect, English, British

Cubitt, Lewis

1709 - 1883
active 1856, sculptor, French

Cavelier, Pierre-Jules

1814 - 1894
1788-1869, merchant and railway administrator and director, British

Booth, Henry

1788 - 1869
1801-1883, physicist, inventor, Belgium

Plateau, Joseph

1801 - 1883
1804-1867, printer; inventor of type of colour printing process, British, English

Baxter, George

1804 - 1867
1794-1854, aritist; historical painter, German

Begas, Carl Joseph

1794 - 1854
1807-1868, active 1837-1868, optician, optical instrument maker (telescopes), English; British

Cooke, Thomas

1807 - 1868
1791-1867, natural philosopher; scientific adviser, England, British

Faraday, Michael

1791 - 1867
1886-1923, Met Office employee, RNVR Lieutenant, RAF Flight Lieutenant, British

Gendle, Albert Edgar

1809 - 1923
1798-1873, architect, English, British

Tite, Sir William

1798 - 1873
1815-1889, medallist; sculptor, German

Brehmer, Heinrich Friedrich

1815 - 1889
1787-1864, clergyman, English; British

Stanhope, Fitzroy

1787 - 1864
1786-1901, brand name used to 1990s, cigarette manufacturer; tobacco company, Bristol, England

W D and H O Wills Limited

1786 - 1901
1798-1862, medallist, Belgian

Pingret, Joseph Arnold

1798 - 1862
1796-1824, aeronaut; balloonist; gas engineer, British

Sadler, Windham

1796 - 1824
1810-1878, chemist & physicist, French

Regnault, Henri Victor

1810 - 1878
1803-1882, artist; engraver; watercolour painter, British

Duncan, Edward

1803 - 1882
1786-1817, electrical researcher; lecturer, London, England

Singer, George John

1786 - 1817
1811-1875, inventor; entrepreneur, American

Singer, Isaac Merritt

1811 - 1875
1808-1874, inventor; ship's propeller patentee; marine engineer, England, British

Smith, Sir Francis Petit

1808 - 1874
1809-1903, astronomer; meteorologist, British

Glaisher, James

1809 - 1903
1787-1855, antiquary, portuguese scholar and railway administrator, Newcastle, British

Adamson, John

1787 - 1855
1792-1868, shipping broker, Scottish; British

Anderson, Arthur

1792 - 1868
1815-1861, histologist; microscopist, English; British

Quekett, John Thomas

1815 - 1861
1794-1875, engineer, French

Cave, Francois

1794 - 1875
1781-1868, natural philosopher and academic administrator, Scottish; British

Brewster, Sir David

1781 - 1868
1804-1892, comparative anatomist; palaeontologist, British

Owen, Richard

1804 - 1892
1815-1879, photographer, Indian-born, British

Cameron, Julia Margaret

1815 - 1879
1798-1884, chemist; pharmacist, English

Squire, Peter

1798 - 1884
1811-1899, chemist, German

Bunsen, Robert Wilhelm

1811 - 1899
1814-1874, physicist; spectroscopist, Swedish

Ångström, Anders Jonas

1814 - 1874
1793-1864 artist; draughtsman, British

Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer

1793 - 1864
1809-1882, railway company director, MP, British

Leeman, George

1809 - 1882
1799-1868, botanist, Scottish; British

Arnott, George Arnott Walker

1799 - 1868
1809-1885, pathologist; anatomist, German

Henle, Friedrich Gustav Jacob

1809 - 1885