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1851-1926, physician; medical administrator; surgeon; writer, British

Cantlie, Sir James

1851 - 1926
1827-1912, surgeon; physician; developer of a system of antiseptic surgery, English; British

Lister, Joseph

1827 - 1912
active 1828-1947, marine & aeronautical navigational instrument maker, London, England, British

Henry Hughes and Son Limited

1828 - 1947

Walker, John

1781 - 1859
1821-1895, optician, philosophical & photographic instrument maker, London, England

Ackland, William

1821 - 1895
Patient of Edward Jenner; First person to received Vaccination

Phipps, James

1788 - 1853
1815-1852, mathematician; computer pioneer, British

Lovelace, Ada

1815 - 1852
1857-1933, railway engineer, British

Churchward, George Jackson

1857 - 1933
1819-1868, dentist who used anaesthetic; physician, American

Morton, William Thomas Green

1819 - 1868
1810-1882, plumber; sanitary engineer, British

Jennings, George

1810 - 1882
1785-1861, engineer; millwright, English; British

Cubitt, Sir William

1785 - 1861
baptised 1818, d. 1883, public executioner, British

Marwood, William

1818 - 1883
1836-1917, physician, British

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett

1836 - 1917

Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871

Manchester Corporation Waterworks

1848 - 1971
active 1808-1847, compass maker; optician & mathematical, philosophical instrument maker, London, England, British

Bate, Robert Brettell

1782 - 1847
1818-1984, lock and safe manufacturer, England, British

Chubb and Son's Lock and Safe Company Limited

1818 - 1984
1847-1922, teacher of deaf people; inventor of telephone, Scottish; American

Bell, Alexander Graham

1847 - 1922

Parkes, Alexander

1813 - 1890

Norman, Henry (first baronet)

1858 - 1939

Stephenson, George

1781 - 1848

Trevithick, Francis

1812 - 1877

Burnaby, Sherrard Beaumont

1831 - 1902
1813-1897, zoologist, Danish, Denmark

Steenstrup, Johannes Japetus Smith

1813 - 1897
1863-1944, chemist; inventor, Belgian; American

Baekeland, Leo Hendrik

1863 - 1944
1856-1937, photographer and inventor, American

Ives, Frederic Eugene

1856 - 1937
1838-1907, chemist, English; British

Perkin, Sir William Henry

1838 - 1907
1841-1914, inventor of a semi-automatic bottle-making machine, British

Ashley, Howard Matravers

1841 - 1914
active 1829-1895, microbiologist; chemist, French

Pasteur, Louis

1822 - 1895
1853-1863, manufacturer of sewing machines and surgical needles, American

Singer Manufacturing Company

1853 - 1863
1850s- 1976, pharmaceutical chemist; optician, Leeds, England

Reynolds and Branson Limited

1852 - 1976
1792-1851, inventor of ticket-printing machinery, British

Edmondson, Thomas

1792 - 1851
1820-1962, periodical and magazine, London

John Bull Magazine

1820 - 1962
1861-1956, manufacturer of pencils and pens, New York, United States

American Pencil Company

1861 - 1956

Swan, Joseph Wilson

1828 - 1914

Hooper and Company (Coachbuilders) Limited

1846 - 1859

Science and Art Department

1853 - 1899
1832-1914, artist, British

Ascroft, William

1832 - 1914
1850-1991, pressure gauge manufacturer, German

Schaeffer and Budenberg Ltd.

1850 - 1991
1816-1892, astronomer and photographer, American

Rutherfurd, Lewis Morris

1816 - 1892
active 1863-1924, neurologist, founder of Radionics movement, American

Abrams, Albert

1863 - 1924
1813-1858, anaesthetist; epidemiologist; physician, British; English

Snow, John

1813 - 1858
1835-1992, lithographer; engraver; printer, Glasgow

MacLure and MacDonald

1835 - 1992
1829-1901, physiologist, German

Fick, Adolf Eugen

1829 - 1901
c.1826 - 1989, map maker, Edinburgh

The Edinburgh Geographical Institute

1826 - 1989
1846-1959, coachbuilder, London

Hooper and Company (Coachbuilders) Limited

1846 - 1859
1837-c.1969, optical instrument manufacturer, London, England

W Watson and Sons Limited

1837 - 1969
1835-1948, railway company, British

Great Western Railway

1835 - 1948
c.1863 - 1946, surgical instrument maker, London, England

Down Bros and Mayer and Phelps Limited

1863
1845-c1955, optical instrument, lens and camera makers, Germany

Emil Busch AG

1845