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Patient of Edward Jenner; First person to received Vaccination

Phipps, James

1788 - 1853
1818-1865, physician, Hungarian

Semmelweis, Ignaz Philipp

1818 - 1865
1815-1852, mathematician; computer pioneer, British

Lovelace, Ada

1815 - 1852
1789 - current (2020), soap manufacturers, Isleworth, England

A and F Pears Limited

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

Jennens and Company Limited

1800

Parkes, Alexander

1813 - 1890

Wheatstone, Charles

1802 - 1875

Hancock, William

1789 - 1848

Hancock, Thomas

1786 - 1865
1799-1883, bobbin manufacturer; aeronautical engineer; portrait photographer, English, British

Stringfellow, John

1799 - 1883
1796-1848, inventor of textile machines, French

Heilmann, Joshua

1796 - 1848
active 1849-1886, optician, optical designer & optical instrument maker, French

Duboscq, Jules

1817 - 1886
active 1832-1859 , optician and optical instrument maker, French

Chevalier, Charles Louis

1804 - 1859
1798-1849, King of Piedmont, reigned 1831-1849,

Charles Albert of Sardinia

1798 - 1849
1812-1887, journalist; author; playwright, British.

Mayhew, Henry

1812 - 1887
1788-1842, organic chemist, French

Pelletier, Pierre Joseph

1788 - 1842
1815-1888, artist, British

Dobbin, John

1815 - 1888
1800-1890, social reformer; civil servant, British

Chadwick, Sir Edwin

1800 - 1890
1799-1871, botanist; photographic artist, British

Atkins, Anna

1799 - 1871

Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871

Hackworth, Timothy

1786 - 1850
1814-1890, mathematician, phonetician, pioneer photographer, British

Ellis, Alexander John

1814 - 1890
active 1818-1856, optician, optical, mathematical & philosophical instrument maker, London, England

Watkins & Hill

1818 - 1856
1788-1863, cleric; writer; photographer; traveller, British

Bridges, George Wilson

1788 - 1863
1818-1984, lock and safe manufacturer, England, British

Chubb and Son's Lock and Safe Company Limited

1818 - 1984
1797-1867, photographer, French

Claudet, Antoine

1797 - 1867
1813-1901, photographer; politician, English; British

Mayall, John Jabez Edwin

1813 - 1901
1794-1874, civil engineer, England, British

Rennie, Sir John

1794 - 1874
1802-1875, pioneer of telegraphy, scientist and contributor to optics, English; British

Wheatstone, Sir Charles

1802 - 1875
1788-1873, inventor of the electric telegraph; meteorologist, British; English

Ronalds, Sir Francis

1788 - 1873
1800-1877, pioneer of photography; photographer, English; British

Talbot, William Henry Fox

1800 - 1877
1805-1894, artist and photographer, German

Stelzner, Carl Ferdinand

1805 - 1894
1817-1899, microscopist, opthalmic surgeon, author and dageurreotypist, England

Hogg, Jabez

1817 - 1899
1810-2005, manufacturer of tobacco and cigarettes, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Murray, Sons and Company Limited

1810 - 2005
1812-1890, organ builder; bicycle designer, German

Fischer, Philipp Moritz

1812 - 1890
1794-1873, pharmacist; botanist, French born; American

Durand, Elias

1794 - 1873
1812-1889, engineer; astronomer, British; Scottish

Newall, Robert Stirling

1812 - 1889
1810-1882, photographer, British; Welsh

Llewelyn, John Dillwyn

1810 - 1882
1794-1863, civil engineer, British

Lewin, William

1794 - 1863
1784-1863, naval officer; ship designer; politician, English; British

Elliot, George

1784 - 1863
1799-1859, mathematician; writer, British

Grant, Horace

1799 - 1859
1806-1863, naturalist; geologist; author; teacher, French

Boubee, Neree

1806 - 1863
1813-1899, mechanical engineer, British

Jackson, Peter Rothwell

1813 - 1899
1793-1850, architect; engineer, Scottish; British

Handyside, William

1793 - 1850
1810-1896, photographer, Scottish; British

Collie, William

1810 - 1896
1805-1883, naval officer; inventor; pantetee; engineer; surveyor, English; British

Peacock, George

1805 - 1883
1808-1881, active 1840s, analysing lead mining in Derbyshire, British

Taylor, John

1808 - 1881
1809-1879, barrister, photographer, secretary of the Society of Arts, British

Foster, Peter Le Neve

1809 - 1879
1795-1864, sculptor, British

Behnes, William

1795 - 1864
1816-1895, physician; physiologist, German

Ludwig, Carl Friedrich Wilhelm

1816 - 1895