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1836-1917, physician, British

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett

1836 - 1917
active 1828-1947, marine & aeronautical navigational instrument maker, London, England, British

Henry Hughes and Son Limited

1828 - 1947

Parkes, Alexander

1813 - 1890
1819-1868, dentist who used anaesthetic; physician, American

Morton, William Thomas Green

1819 - 1868
1827-1912, surgeon; physician; developer of a system of antiseptic surgery, English; British

Lister, Joseph

1827 - 1912

Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871
1818-1865, physician, Hungarian

Semmelweis, Ignaz Philipp

1818 - 1865
Patient of Edward Jenner; First person to received Vaccination

Phipps, James

1788 - 1853
1845-c1955, optical instrument, lens and camera makers, Germany

Emil Busch AG

1845
1800-1890, social reformer; civil servant, British

Chadwick, Sir Edwin

1800 - 1890
1838-1907, chemist, English; British

Perkin, Sir William Henry

1838 - 1907
active 1829-1895, microbiologist; chemist, French

Pasteur, Louis

1822 - 1895
1786-1901, brand name used to 1990s, cigarette manufacturer; tobacco company, Bristol, England

W D and H O Wills Limited

1786 - 1901
active c. 1894-1968, optical instrument maker, London, England

R and J Beck Limited

1867 - 1968
1853-1914, police officer, French

Bertillon, Alphonse

1853 - 1914
active 1829-1928, surgical instrument maker, London, England, British

Arnold and Sons

1829 - 1928
1813-1979, manufacturer, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, British

W and T Avery Limited

1813 - 1979

Swan, Joseph Wilson

1828 - 1914

Muybridge, Florado Helios

1873 - 1944
1863-1944, chemist; inventor, Belgian; American

Baekeland, Leo Hendrik

1863 - 1944
1843-1910, microbiologist and Nobel prize winner, German

Koch, Robert

1843 - 1910
1869-1986/7, optical instrument maker (microscope & cameras - Leica), Germany

E Leitz

1869 - 1987
active 1853-1921, optical, mathematical, philosophical & electrical inst. maker, London, England

Elliott Brothers

1853 - 1921
1829-1901, physiologist, German

Fick, Adolf Eugen

1829 - 1901
1815-1852, mathematician; computer pioneer, British

Lovelace, Ada

1815 - 1852

Brunel, Isambard Kingdom

1806 - 1859
active 1834-1981, manufacturers of glass, Barnsley, England

Wood Brothers Glass Company Limited

1834 - 1981
1813-1858, anaesthetist; epidemiologist; physician, British; English

Snow, John

1813 - 1858
1837-c.1969, optical instrument manufacturer, London, England

W Watson and Sons Limited

1837 - 1969
1851-1954, locksmith, London, England

Hobbs, Hart and Company Limited

1851 - 1954
c.1863 - 1946, surgical instrument maker, London, England

Down Bros and Mayer and Phelps Limited

1863
1857-1969, optical instrument makers (microscope), London, England

James Swift and Son Limited

1857 - 1969
1789 - current (2020), soap manufacturers, Isleworth, England

A and F Pears Limited

1789
1857-1960s?, manufacturer of laundry machines and appliances, Manchester, England

Thomas Bradford and Company

1850 - 1991

Maunder, Edward Walter

1851 - 1928
1853-1863, manufacturer of sewing machines and surgical needles, American

Singer Manufacturing Company

1853 - 1863
1844-1968, tobacco manufacturer, Spitalfields, London, England

Godfrey Phillips Limited

1844 - 1968
1820-1910, reformer of Army medical services and of nursing, British; English

Nightingale, Florence

1820 - 1910
1800-1970's?, button manufacturer, London

Jennens and Company Limited

1800
1825-about 1980s, manufacturer, West Bromwich, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, British

George Salter and Company

1825 - 1990
1799-1871, botanist; photographic artist, British

Atkins, Anna

1799 - 1871
1832-2002, manufacturer, Newton-le-Willows, England

The Vulcan Foundry

1832 - 2002
active 1867-?, surgical instrument maker, Tuttlingen, Germany

Jetter and Scheerer

1867
1861-1968, manufacturer of ceramics, Hanley, England

G L Ashworth and Brothers Limited

1861 - 1968
1791-1871, mathematician; computer pioneer, England, English; British

Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871
1836-1906, camera manufacturer, Northern Irish; British

McKellen, Samuel Dunseith

1836 - 1906
1818-1984, lock and safe manufacturer, England, British

Chubb and Son's Lock and Safe Company Limited

1818 - 1984
1842-1978, camera and film manufacturer, Binghamton, N.Y.

Ansco

1842 - 1967
active 1878-1911, scientific instrument manufacturer, London, England

Hicks, James Joseph

1837 - 1916
1842-, manufacturer of ceramics, Burslem, England

John Maddock and Sons Limited

1842