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1815-1878, engineer; artist; explorer; British

Babbage, Benjamin Herschel

1815 - 1878
1788-1867, sculptor; designer; modeller of silver, British

Baily, Edward Hodges

1788 - 1867
1793-1857, artist; landscape painter, English; British

Condy, Nicholas

1793 - 1857
1784-1852, surveyor; army officer, British

Colby, Thomas Frederick

1784 - 1852
1786-1863, civil and mechanical engineer; draughtsman, English; British

Field, Joshua

1786 - 1863
1806-1872, artist, Irish

Smith, Stephen Catterson

1806 - 1872
1794 or 1795-1840, caricaturist; illustrator, British

Heath, William

1794 - 1840
1812-1888, early aviation engineer and inventor, England, British

Henson, William Samuel

1812 - 1888
1811-1891, metallurgist, British

Mushet, Robert Forester

1811 - 1891
1796-1872, surgeon; physiologist, British

Davies, John

1796 - 1872
1806-1870, painter; artist, Irish born; active UK

Maclise, Daniel

1806 - 1870
1810-1887, artist; painter; draiughtsman, Belgian

Gallait, Louis

1810 - 1887
1785-1865, physician, naturalist, and Arctic explorer, Scottish; British

Richardson, Sir John

1787 - 1865
1782-1856, naval officer; naval architect, English; British

Symonds, Sir William

1782 - 1856
1816-1898, physician, Irish

Quain, Sir Richard

1816 - 1898
1800-1860, inventor, American

Goodyear, Charles

1800 - 1860
1817-1870, chemist, instrument maker, British; English

Miller, William Allen

1817 - 1870
1811-1891, civil engineer, English; British

Hawkshaw, Sir John

1811 - 1891
active 1820-1882, toxicologist, Edinburgh, Scotland

Christison, Sir Robert

1797 - 1882
1786-1849, artist; painter, British, English

Wivell, Abraham

1786 - 1849
1783-1865, army officer, British; English

Stovin, Sir Frederick

1783 - 1865
1810-1868, neurologist, Austrian

Turck, Ludwig

1810 - 1868
1791-1867, natural philosopher, British; English

Harris, Sir William Snow

1791 - 1867
1800-1882, chemist , German

Wohler, Friedrich

1800 - 1882
1790?-1849, army officer; publisher; writer, English; British

Sutcliffe, Thomas

1790 - 1849
1794-1853, physicist; engineer; inventor, Belgian

Nollet, Floris

1794 - 1853
1788-1866, chemist, British

Brande, William Thomas

1788 - 1866
1787-1819, artist; painter, English; British

Harlow, George Henry

1787 - 1819
1813-1889, watchmaker; inventor, German-born; Swiss

Roskopf, Georges Frederic

1813 - 1889
1795-1880, 1850s, physicist & inventor, French

Walferdin, Francois

1795 - 1880
1805-1894, diplomat; engineer of the Suez Canal, French

Lesseps, Viscount Ferdinand De

1805 - 1894
1803-1872(?), natural philosopher, English

Marcet, Francois

1803 - 1872
1792-1841, active 1823-1841, optician, mathematical & philosophical instrument maker, British

Robinson, Thomas Charles

1792 - 1841
active 1839-1866, optician, English; British

Dollond, George

1797 - 1866
1792-1858, inventor of the Typographer, American

Burt, William Austin

1792 - 1858
1812-1863, engraver; lithographer, British; English

Brandard, John

1812 - 1863
active, 1810-1837, optician, mathematical & philosophical instrument maker, Dublin, Ireland

Mason, Thomas

1781 - 1837
1786-1889, organic chemist, French

Chevreul, Michel Eugene

1786 - 1889

Grundy, Oswald

1810 - 1897
1811-1870, physician; obstetrician, British; Scottish

Simpson, Sir James Young

1811 - 1870
1786-1864, inventor of percussion shell; inventor of textile machinery; manufacturer, active England

Bodmer, John George

1786 - 1864
1782-1868, mechanical engineer, Scottish; British

Robertson, John

1782 - 1868
1812-1890, organ builder; bicycle designer, German

Fischer, Philipp Moritz

1812 - 1890
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
1799-1859, mathematician; writer, British

Grant, Horace

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

Elliot, George

1784 - 1863
1806-1863, naturalist; geologist; author; teacher, French

Boubee, Neree

1806 - 1863