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Plummer, John James

1806 - 1907

Russell, John Scott

1808 - 1882

Victoria

1819 - 1901

Locke, Joseph

1805 - 1860

Wilkinson, Michael Marlow Umfreville

1831 - 1916

King, Philip Parker

1793 - 1856

Beer, Wilhelm

1797 - 1850
Collector of prints and drawings.

Goldschmidt, Rudolf Philip

1840 - 1914
1801-1883, physicist, inventor, Belgium

Plateau, Joseph

1801 - 1883
active 1830s-1860s, sculptor; medallist, French

Vauthier-Gallé, Adrien

1818 - 1899
1801-1875, optical instrument inventor, Italian

Porro, Ignazio

1801 - 1875
1799-1883, bobbin manufacturer; aeronautical engineer; portrait photographer, English, British

Stringfellow, John

1799 - 1883
1834-1922, shipowner, Scottish; British

Sutherland, Sir Thomas

1834 - 1922
1842-1920, inventor; industrialist, Swedish

Nordenfelt, Thorsten Wilhelm

1842 - 1920
1791-1871, mathematician; computer pioneer, England, English; British

Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871
1830-1907, naval architect, British; English

Mackrow, George Colby

1830 - 1907
1835-1916, astronomer; meteorologist, Norwegian

Mohn, Henrik

1835 - 1916
1806-1847, mechanical engineer, British

Holtzapffel, Charles

1806 - 1847
1800-1872, engraver; medallist, Swiss

Aberli, Jakob Friedrich

1800 - 1872
1837-1846, railway company, United Kingdom

Manchester & Birmingham Railway

1837 - 1846
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
1843-1913, educational reformer; politician, British

Stuart, James

1843 - 1913
1812-1889, engineer; astronomer, British; Scottish

Newall, Robert Stirling

1812 - 1889
1810-1882, photographer, British; Welsh

Llewelyn, John Dillwyn

1810 - 1882
1831-1916, mathematician, Fellow of Trinity College Cambridge, British; English

Wilkinson, Michael Marlow Umfreville

1831 - 1916

Buckland, Francis Trevelyan

1826 - 1880

Guizot, Francoise Pierre Guillaume

1787 - 1874

Corbett, Joseph

1842 - 1913

Winkles, H.

1801 - 1860

Durand, Elias

1794 - 1873

Boubee, Neree

1806 - 1863

Greville, Robert Kaye

1794 - 1866

Kitching, Alfred

1808 - 1882

Walker, James

1781 - 1862

Parkes, Alexander

1813 - 1890

Smiles, Samuel

1812 - 1904

Watson, John

1816 - 1862

Hind, John Russell (FRS FAS)

1823 - 1895

Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham

1810 - 1897

Henson, Gravener

1785 - 1852

Hughes, Thomas McKenny

1832 - 1917

Bentall, Edward Hammond

1814 - 1898

Phillips, John

1800 - 1874

Perkin, Sir William Henry

1838 - 1907

Scamp, William

1801 - 1872

Jennings, George

1810 - 1882

Guillan, Archibald

1790 - 1891

Nightingale, Florence

1820 - 1910