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c1840-1882, photographer, United States, Irish; American

O'Sullivan, Timothy H

1840 - 1882
1791-1867, natural philosopher; scientific adviser, England, British

Faraday, Michael

1791 - 1867
1839-1897, optical instrument maker, German-born; British

Hilger, Adam

1839 - 1897
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
1848-1903, engineer, English; British

Holt, Henry Percy

1848 - 1903
1815-1889, medallist; sculptor, German

Brehmer, Heinrich Friedrich

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

Stanhope, Fitzroy

1787 - 1864
1807-1873, active 1840-1845, optician; daguerreotypist; optical instrument maker, French

Lerebours, Nöel Marie Paymal

1807 - 1873
active 1840s, barometer maker, London

Pastorelli and Son

1848 - 1849
1858-1932, marine boiler designer, English; British

Reed, Joseph W

1858 - 1932
1853-1967, tool manufacturers, Salford, England

Craven Brothers Limited

1853 - 1967
1842-1909, astronomical instrument maker, French

Gautier, Paul Ferdinand

1842 - 1909
1786-1901, brand name used to 1990s, cigarette manufacturer; tobacco company, Bristol, England

W D and H O Wills Limited

1786 - 1901
1823-1895, faience maker, French

J. Vieillard & Cie

1823 - 1895
1819-1901, queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 1837-1901, empress of India

Victoria

1819 - 1901
1826-1891, photographer, Canadian

Notman, William

1826 - 1891
1801-1875, optical instrument inventor, Italian

Porro, Ignazio

1801 - 1875
1819-1857, civil engineer, British?

Wild, Charles Heard

1819 - 1857
1851-1923, locomotive engineer, British

Ivatt, Henry A

1851 - 1923
1851-1929, inventor, German-born; ethnically Jewish; American

Berliner, Emile

1851 - 1929
1798-1862, medallist, Belgian

Pingret, Joseph Arnold

1798 - 1862
1825-1903, photographer, French

Tournachon, Adrien

1825 - 1903
1796-1824, aeronaut; balloonist; gas engineer, British

Sadler, Windham

1796 - 1824
1826-1902, active 1840s-1880s, naval officer; photographer; lyricist, British

Cheyne, John Powles

1826 - 1902
1844-1929, physician; surgeon; bacteriologist, Scottish; British

Ogston, Sir Alexander

1844 - 1929
1834-1897, physiologist, German

Heidenhain, Rudolf Peter Heinrich

1834 - 1897
1803-1882, artist; engraver; watercolour painter, British

Duncan, Edward

1803 - 1882
c. 1840, d. 1920, music composer; teacher; singer, British? active Italy, Spain, London

Slater, Edward

1840 - 1920
1848-1912, engraver; medallist, Italian

Giorgi, Luigi

1848 - 1912
1786-1817, electrical researcher; lecturer, London, England

Singer, George John

1786 - 1817
1824-1884, scientific instrument maker, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Scottish; British

White, James

1824 - 1884
c.1830-1919, manufacturer of dyestuffs; chemicals manufacturer, Huddersfield, England

Read Holliday and Sons Limited

1830 - 1919
1816-1888, railway engineer; civil engineer, British

Crampton, Thomas Russell

1816 - 1888
1832-1907, surgeon, British; Scottish

Watson, Sir Patrick Heron

1832 - 1907
1811-1875, inventor; entrepreneur, American

Singer, Isaac Merritt

1811 - 1875
1843-1928, naval architect, British; English

Thornycroft, Sir John Isaac

1843 - 1928
1808-1874, inventor; ship's propeller patentee; marine engineer, England, British

Smith, Sir Francis Petit

1808 - 1874
1854-1923, railway administrator, London

Brewer, John Jennings

1854 - 1923
1809-1903, astronomer; meteorologist, British

Glaisher, James

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

Adamson, John

1787 - 1855
1845-1922, physician, French

Laveran, Charles Louis Alphonse

1845 - 1922
1792-1868, shipping broker, Scottish; British

Anderson, Arthur

1792 - 1868
1831-1879, physicist, British

Maxwell, James Clerk

1831 - 1879
1815-1861, histologist; microscopist, English; British

Quekett, John Thomas

1815 - 1861
1850-1922, medallist, Swedish

Högel, August

1850 - 1922
1828-1903, locomotive manufacturer, Manchester, England

Sharp Stewart and Company Limited

1828 - 1903
1820-1910, photographer; caricaturist; journalist; novelist; balloonist, French

Nadar, Félix

1820 - 1910
1824-1888, inventor, American

Wilson, Allen

1824 - 1888
1829-1904, geologist; astronomer, British; Welsh

Roberts, Isaac

1829 - 1904