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

Arnold and Sons

1829 - 1928
1828-1903, locomotive manufacturer, Manchester, England

Sharp Stewart and Company Limited

1828 - 1903
1799-1869, inventor of agricultural machinery; minister, Scottish

Bell, Patrick

1799 - 1869
active 1869, inventor; engineer, American; Northern Irish born;

Rider, Alexander Kirk

1820 - 1893
1823-1914, railway administrator, England, British

Oakley, Sir Henry

1811 - 1914
1803-1874, hydropathy practitioner, English; British

Smedley, John

1803 - 1874
1836-1922, railway company, Wales

Taff Vale Railway

1836 - 1922
1836-1922, railway company, United Kingdom

Arbroath & Forfar Railway

1836 - 1922
1826-1922, railway company, Scotland, United Kingdom

Dundee & Newtyle Railway

1826 - 1922
1836-1843, railway company, England, United Kingdom

Cheltenham & Great Western Union Railway

1836 - 1943
1837-1847, railway company, Chester

Chester & Birkenhead Railway

1837 - 1847
1823-1910, railway company manager, British; English

Tennant, Henry

1823 - 1910
1825-1922, railway company, United Kingdom

Liskeard & Looe Railway

1825 - 1922
1822-1892, mechanical engineer, Scots-Irish

Thomson, James

1822 - 1892
1838-1862, railway company, Scottish

Dundee & Arbroath Railway

1838 - 1880
1793-1908, tramway, Derbyshire

Derby Canal Railway

1793 - 1908
1830-1844, railway company, England

Canterbury & Whitstable Railway

1830 - 1844
1860-1903, railway company, Northern Ireland

Belfast & Northern Counties Railway

1805 - 1903
1835-1845, railway company, United Kingdom

Newtyle & Coupar Angus Railway

1835 - 1845
1834-1839, railway company, British

Blaydon, Gateshead & Hebburn Railway

1834 - 1839
1810-1859, railway company, England, United Kingdom

Gloucester & Cheltenham Railway Company

1810 - 1859
1836-1845, railway company, United Kingdom

Newcastle & North Shields Railway

1836 - 1845
1839-1846, railway company, Cheddington

Aylesbury Railway

1839 - 1846
1828-1889, railway company, United Kingdom

Llanelli Railway & Dock Company

1828 - 1889
1829-1845, railway company, United Kingdom

Kenyon & Leigh Junction Railway

1829 - 1845
1807-1883 , architect; engineer; musician, British

Desvignes, Peter Hubert

1807 - 1883
1788-1850, engraver, English; British

Thomson, James

1788 - 1850
1811-1838, railway company, Scotland, United Kingdom

Berwick & Kelso Railway

1811 - 1838
1821-1900, colliery engineer; manager, British

Greenwell, George Clementson

1821 - 1900
1833-1888, engineer; shipbuilder, English; British

Pearce, Sir William

1833 - 1888
1836-1915, one of the founders of modern dentistry, American

Black, Greene Vardiman

1836 - 1915
1878-1924, railway company, United Kingdom

Ballycastle Railway

1812 - 1924
1825-1845, railway company, England, United Kingdom

Bolton & Leigh Railway

1825 - 1845
1817-1889, metallurgist; physician, British

Percy, John

1817 - 1889
1824-1893, brewer, benefactor, Scottish, British

Walker, Sir Andrew Barclay

1824 - 1893
1799-1883, architect, English, British

Cubitt, Lewis

1709 - 1883
active 1856, sculptor, French

Cavelier, Pierre-Jules

1814 - 1894
1788-1869, merchant and railway administrator and director, British

Booth, Henry

1788 - 1869
active 1850-1869, chartered civil engineer, England, British

Metford, William Ellis

1824 - 1899
1801-1883, physicist, inventor, Belgium

Plateau, Joseph

1801 - 1883
active 1830s-1860s, sculptor; medallist, French

Vauthier-Gallé, Adrien

1818 - 1899
1804-1867, printer; inventor of type of colour printing process, British, English

Baxter, George

1804 - 1867
1794-1854, aritist; historical painter, German

Begas, Carl Joseph

1794 - 1854
1816-1896, textile merchant; telegraph entrepreneur; submarine communications cable pioneer, British; Scottish

Pender, Sir John

1816 - 1896
1821?-1897, active 1830-1853, etcher; draughtsman, British

Ashley, Alfred

1821 - 1897
1807-1868, active 1837-1868, optician, optical instrument maker (telescopes), English; British

Cooke, Thomas

1807 - 1868
1791-1867, natural philosopher; scientific adviser, England, British

Faraday, Michael

1791 - 1867
1839-1897, optical instrument maker, German-born; British

Hilger, Adam

1839 - 1897
1886-1923, Met Office employee, RNVR Lieutenant, RAF Flight Lieutenant, British

Gendle, Albert Edgar

1809 - 1923
1798-1873, architect, English, British

Tite, Sir William

1798 - 1873