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1884-1991, button, badge and medal makers, Birmingham

J R Gaunt and Son Limited

1884 - 1991
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
active 1928-1954, laboratory apparatus; laboratory instrument maker, London, England

Griffin and Tatlock Limited

1889 - 1999
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
1890-1939, artist; marine artist; painter; poster artist, British; English

Shoesmith, Kenneth D

1890 - 1939
baptised 1818, d. 1883, public executioner, British

Marwood, William

1818 - 1883
1889-1957, manufacturer of comptometers, Chicago, United States

Felt and Tarrant Manufacturing Company

1889 - 1957
1836-1917, physician, British

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett

1836 - 1917

Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871

Manchester Corporation Waterworks

1848 - 1971
1879-current (2020), manufacturer of surgical instruments, London, England

Downs Surgical Limited

1879
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
1878-1969, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, Manchester & London, England

J Halden and Company Limited

1878 - 1969

Parkes, Alexander

1813 - 1890

Norman, Henry (first baronet)

1858 - 1939

Stephenson, George

1781 - 1848

Trevithick, Francis

1812 - 1877

Burnaby, Sherrard Beaumont

1831 - 1902
active 1868-1968, optical instrument maker; clock maker, Manchester, England

Thomas Armstrong and Brother

1868 - 1968
1813-1897, zoologist, Danish, Denmark

Steenstrup, Johannes Japetus Smith

1813 - 1897
1889-1926, camera and cinema equipment manufacturer, Dresden, Germany

Ernemann Werke

1889 - 1926
1875-1969, meteorological, aviation & surveying instrument manufacturer, London, England

Short and Mason Limited

1875 - 1969
1884-1976, Locomotive engineer, British

Hawksworth, Frederick W

1884 - 1976
1867-1934, physicist; chemist, Polish-born; French

Curie, Marie

1867 - 1934
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
active 1871-1959, manufactuer of sewing machines; manufacturer of calculating machines, Braunschweig, Germany

Grimme Natalis and Co

1871 - 1959
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
1888-1971, medical scientist; inventor, American

Rife, Royal Raymond

1888 - 1971
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
1889-c.1960, sign manufacturer, Selly Oak

Patent Enamel Co Ltd

1889 - 1960

Swan, Joseph Wilson

1828 - 1914

Hooper and Company (Coachbuilders) Limited

1846 - 1859