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

Lister, Joseph

1827 - 1912
1845-c1955, optical instrument, lens and camera makers, Germany

Emil Busch AG

1845
active 1828-1947, marine & aeronautical navigational instrument maker, London, England, British

Henry Hughes and Son Limited

1828 - 1947
Patient of Edward Jenner; First person to received Vaccination

Phipps, James

1788 - 1853
1838-1907, chemist, English; British

Perkin, Sir William Henry

1838 - 1907

Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871
1828-1918, manufacturer of engines; manufacturer of agricultural machinery, Grantham, England

R. Hornsby and Sons Limited

1828 - 1918
1843-1910, microbiologist and Nobel prize winner, German

Koch, Robert

1843 - 1910
1835-1911, railway manager, British; English

Scotter, Sir Charles

1835 - 1911

Bradshaw, George

1801 - 1853
1850s-1972, publisher, London, England

Crosby Lockwood and Company

1850 - 1972
1815-1852, mathematician; computer pioneer, British

Lovelace, Ada

1815 - 1852

Talbot, William Henry Fox

1802 - 1877
1831-1915, arctic explorer; surveyor; researcher; conservationist, British

Nares, Sir George Strong

1831 - 1915
1800-present, manufacturer, Hanley

Dudson Bros

1800
1836-1917, physician, British

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett

1836 - 1917
1854/5-1922, trapeze artist, aeronaut, acrobat, American

Dare, Leona

1855 - 1922
1852-1959, manufacturer of agricultural chemicals (poisons and sheep dip), Berkhamsted, England

Cooper, McDougall and Robertson Limited

1852
1788-1863, cleric; writer; photographer; traveller, British

Bridges, George Wilson

1788 - 1863
1849-1907 artist; caricaturist for Vanity Fair, French

Chartran, Theobald

1849 - 1907
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
1835-present, journal, British

Railway Gazette International

1835
active 1878-1911, scientific instrument manufacturer, London, England

Hicks, James Joseph

1837 - 1916
1797-1867, photographer, French

Claudet, Antoine

1797 - 1867
1819-1889, photographer; inventor, French

Disdéri, André-Adolphe-Eugène

1819 - 1889
1813-1901, photographer; politician, English; British

Mayall, John Jabez Edwin

1813 - 1901
1819-1999, submarine engineers, manufacturer of diving and breathing apparatus, United Kingdom

Siebe Gorman and Company Limited

1819 - 1999
1841-1880, active 1874, cycle manufacturer, inventor of ball bearing, British

Rudge, Daniel

1841 - 1880
1794-1874, civil engineer, England, British

Rennie, Sir John

1794 - 1874
1834-1864, publisher, High Holborn

John Weale

1834 - 1864
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
1854-1920, US army physician and surgeon, American

Gorgas, William Crawford

1854 - 1920
1850-1971, optics manufacturer, Bromley

Wray Optical Works Ltd.

1850 - 1971
1842-1877, manufacturers, London

Parker Field & Sons

1842 - 1877
Photographer, Inventor

Warnerke, Leon

1837 - 1900
1824-1889, engraver; etcher; artist; printmaker, English; British

Barlow, Thomas Oldham

1824 - 1889
1855-1944, physicist; inventor, English; British

Boys, Sir Charles Vernon

1855 - 1944

Cudworth, William John

1848 - 1909
1832-1891, inventor; engineer, German

Otto, Nikolaus August

1832 - 1891
1846-1920, jeweller, Russian

Fabergé, Peter Carl

1846 - 1920
1834-1912, photographer, English; British

Bourne, Samuel

1834 - 1912
1821-1895, optician, philosophical & photographic instrument maker, London, England

Ackland, William

1821 - 1895
1830-1872, anthropologist, British

Breeks, James Wilkinson

1830 - 1872
1819-1894, photographer, Scottish; British

Moffat, John

1819 - 1894
1805-1894, artist and photographer, German

Stelzner, Carl Ferdinand

1805 - 1894
dedupe to Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway

1847 - 1923
1817-1899, microscopist, opthalmic surgeon, author and dageurreotypist, England

Hogg, Jabez

1817 - 1899