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1783-1842, portrait painter; miniature painter, British; English

Burt, Albin Roberts

1783 - 1842
1832-1919, chemist; science journalist, English; British

Crookes, Sir William

1832 - 1919
1805-1860, railway engineer, British; English

Locke, Joseph

1805 - 1860
1818-1898, first Baron Playfair; politician; chemist, born in British-controlled India; British

Playfair, Lyon

1818 - 1898
1835-1917, locomotive engineer, Scottish; British

Stirling, James

1835 - 1917
1856-1929, camera manufacturer and photographer, British

Sanderson, Frederick Herbert

1856 - 1929
1798-2000, publisher, Edinburgh, Scotland

Thomas Nelson and Sons Limited

1798 - 2000
1814-1897, locomotive engineer, British

Ramsbottom, John

1814 - 1897
1859-1935, aircraft designer; engineer, German

Junkers, Hugo

1859 - 1935
1858-1924, artist and poster designer, French

Gray, Henri

1858 - 1924
1829-1917, dentist and inventor of a mechanical drill, American

Morrison, James Beall

1829 - 1917
1839-1916, professor of chemistry, Romanian

Teclu, Nicolae

1839 - 1916
1819-1877, printmaker; engraver, British

Jackson, John Richardson

1819 - 1877
1825-1904, President of South Africa, Dutch Boer

Kruger, Stephanus Johannes Paulus

1825 - 1904
1808-1867, engineer, English; British

Humphrys, Edward

1808 - 1867
1812-1904, preparer of iodised photographic paper, British

Cowderoy, Benjamin Thomas

1812 - 1904
1788-1827, engineer; optical researcher; physicist, French

Fresnel, Augustin Jean

1788 - 1827
1833-1915, chemist; university administrator; British; English

Roscoe, Sir Henry Enfield

1833 - 1915
1849-1924, physician; bacteriologist, Danish

Salomonsen, Carl Julius

1849 - 1924
1796-1894, physician, British; English

Hawkins, Francis Bisset

1796 - 1894
1835-1895, publisher, activist, author, British

Faithfull, Emily

1835 - 1895
1833-1896, scientist; inventor; entrepreneur; author; pacifist; manufacturer of armaments, Swedish

Nobel, Alfred Bernhard

1833 - 1896
c. 1790-1837, natural philosopher; scientist, Scottish, British

Ritchie, William

1790 - 1837
1853-1924, astronomer, German-born; American

Schaeberle, John Martin

1853 - 1924
1818-1906, King of Denmark

Christian IX

1818 - 1906
1814-1894, civil engineer, British

Clark, Edwin

1814 - 1894
1831-1896, reign 1848-1896, shah of Persia, Persian

Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar

1831 - 1896
1854-1931, engineer; scientist, British; English

Parsons, Sir Charles Algernon

1854 - 1931
1855-1932, inventor; manufacturer, American

Gillette, King Camp

1855 - 1932
1786-1863, optician; astronomer; microscopist, Italian

Amici, Giovanni Battista

1786 - 1863
active 1820s & 1843, chemist & instrument & natural specimen seller, Leamington & Cambridge, England

Deck, Isaiah

1792 - 1853
1812-1899, civil engineer; railway engineer, British?

Brunton, John

1812 - 1899
1787-1851, inventor; scenographer; daguerreotypist, French

Daguerre, Louis

1787 - 1851
1812-1895, physician; surgeon, French

Marjolin, Rene

1812 - 1895
1848-1929, first baronet, brewer and railway manager, England, British

Bonsor, Henry Cosmo Orme

1848 - 1929
1842-1921, printers, Carlisle

Scott and Benson

1842 - 1921
1855-1916, artist; painter, Czech

Kregczy, Edmund

1855 - 1916
1830-1895, professor of chemistry, German

Meyer, Lothar

1830 - 1895
1811-1889, photographer, French

Ferrier, Claude-Marie

1811 - 1889
1826-1911, physicist; university administrator, Irish

Stoney, George Johnstone

1826 - 1911
1850-1913, geologist and seismologist, English; British

Milne, John

1850 - 1913
1822-1911, biostatistician, human geneticist & eugenicist, English, British

Galton, Sir Francis

1822 - 1911
1803-1866, active 1819-1866, mathematical, optical & nautical instrument maker, Berlin, Germany

Oertling, Johann August Daniel

1803 - 1866
1852-1925, bicycle designer; company promoter, British; English

Lawson, Henry John

1852 - 1925
1788-1856, artist; lithographer, German-born; French

Steuben, Charles Auguste Guillaume

1788 - 1856
1815-1889, active 1836-1889, chemist; astronomer, British; English

Rue, Warren de la

1815 - 1889
1816-1888, industrialist; optical instrument manufacturer, German

Zeiss, Carl

1816 - 1888
1798-1866, mechanical engineer, patentee for screw-propeller, Southwark, London, England, British; English

Lowe, James

1798 - 1866
1800-1863, engraver, British

Willmore, James Tibbits

1809 - 1863
1848-1896, civil engineer; aviation pioneer, German

Lilienthal, Otto

1848 - 1896