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

Lister, Joseph

1827 - 1912
Patient of Edward Jenner; First person to received Vaccination

Phipps, James

1788 - 1853
1838-1907, chemist, English; British

Perkin, Sir William Henry

1838 - 1907

Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871

Parkes, Alexander

1813 - 1890

Norman, Henry (first baronet)

1858 - 1939
1819-1905, artist; painter, British

Tait, Arthur Fitzwilliam

1819 - 1905
active 1828-1947, marine & aeronautical navigational instrument maker, London, England, British

Henry Hughes and Son Limited

1828 - 1947

Walker, John

1781 - 1859
1836-1917, physician, British

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett

1836 - 1917
1819-1868, dentist who used anaesthetic; physician, American

Morton, William Thomas Green

1819 - 1868
1845-c1955, optical instrument, lens and camera makers, Germany

Emil Busch AG

1845
1852-1926, amateur photographer, brewer, British

Adams, Edgar Tarry

1852 - 1926

Stephenson, George

1781 - 1848
1857-1969, optical instrument makers (microscope), London, England

James Swift and Son Limited

1857 - 1969
1815-1852, mathematician; computer pioneer, British

Lovelace, Ada

1815 - 1852
1785-1861, engineer; millwright, English; British

Cubitt, Sir William

1785 - 1861
1818-1865, physician, Hungarian

Semmelweis, Ignaz Philipp

1818 - 1865
active 1829-1895, microbiologist; chemist, French

Pasteur, Louis

1822 - 1895
1851-1922, artist; 'Spy' caricaturist for Vanity Fair magazine from 1873-1911, British

Ward, Sir Leslie

1851 - 1922
1839-1902, manufacturing jeweller; goldsmith; silversith, London, England

Phillips Brothers and Sons

1839 - 1902
c.1829-1905, active from 1857, photographer, French, active in Asia

Mallitte, Oscar Jean Baptiste

1829 - 1905
active 1808-1847, compass maker; optician & mathematical, philosophical instrument maker, London, England, British

Bate, Robert Brettell

1782 - 1847
1799-1871, botanist; photographic artist, British

Atkins, Anna

1799 - 1871

Swan, Joseph Wilson

1828 - 1914

Bury, Priscilla Susan

1799 - 1872
active 1834-1981, manufacturers of glass, Barnsley, England

Wood Brothers Glass Company Limited

1834 - 1981
active 1859 -1948, psychiatric hospital, Sussex, England

Brighton Mental Asylum

1859 - 1948
active 1851-1875, optician, mathematical & philosophical instrument maker, Liverpool, England

A Abraham and Company

1851 - 1890
1829-1901, physiologist, German

Fick, Adolf Eugen

1829 - 1901
1808-1890, mechanical engineer; amateur astronomer, Scottish; British

Nasmyth, James

1808 - 1890
1837-c.1969, optical instrument manufacturer, London, England

W Watson and Sons Limited

1837 - 1969

Hackworth, Timothy

1786 - 1850
1857-1960s?, manufacturer of laundry machines and appliances, Manchester, England

Thomas Bradford and Company

1850 - 1991
1838-current , shipping company, United Kingdom; Canada

The Cunard Line

1838
1857-about 1948, manufacturer of sewing machines, American

Willcox and Gibbs Sewing Machine Company

1857
1789 - current (2020), soap manufacturers, Isleworth, England

A and F Pears Limited

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

Jennens and Company Limited

1800
active 1851-1950, globe maker; mathematical & scientific instrument maker; optician, London, England, British

Newton and Company Limited

1851
active 1832-1922, optician & mathematical instrument maker, Dublin, Ireland

Yeates and Son

1832 - 1922
1810-1878, chemist & physicist, French

Regnault, Henri Victor

1810 - 1878
1814-1879, glassblower; scientific instrument maker, German

Geissler, Heinrich

1814 - 1879
1838-1900, meteorologist, British

Symons, George James

1838 - 1900
active 1900-1912, physician, British

Alabone, Edwin William

1848 - 1913
1859-1897, optical, mathematical & philosophical instrument maker, London, England, British

Ross and Company

1859 - 1897
1816-1889, railway engineer; executive, British

Gooch, Sir Daniel

1816 - 1889
1795-1846, inventor of lawn mower, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, British

Budding, Edwin

1795 - 1846
1854-1912, railway company, United Kingdom

London, Tilbury & Southend Railway

1854 - 1912
1836-1939, steam locomotive manufacturer, Patricroft, Salford, England

Nasmyth Wilson and Company Limited

1836 - 1939
active 1829-1928, surgical instrument maker, London, England, British

Arnold and Sons

1829 - 1928