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

Morton, William Thomas Green

1819 - 1868
1810-1882, plumber; sanitary engineer, British

Jennings, George

1810 - 1882
baptised 1818, d. 1883, public executioner, British

Marwood, William

1818 - 1883
1836-1917, physician, British

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett

1836 - 1917

Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871
1818-1984, lock and safe manufacturer, England, British

Chubb and Son's Lock and Safe Company Limited

1818 - 1984

Parkes, Alexander

1813 - 1890

Trevithick, Francis

1812 - 1877

Burnaby, Sherrard Beaumont

1831 - 1902
1813-1897, zoologist, Danish, Denmark

Steenstrup, Johannes Japetus Smith

1813 - 1897
1838-1907, chemist, English; British

Perkin, Sir William Henry

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

Pasteur, Louis

1822 - 1895
1792-1851, inventor of ticket-printing machinery, British

Edmondson, Thomas

1792 - 1851
1820-1962, periodical and magazine, London

John Bull Magazine

1820 - 1962

Swan, Joseph Wilson

1828 - 1914
1832-1914, artist, British

Ascroft, William

1832 - 1914
1816-1892, astronomer and photographer, American

Rutherfurd, Lewis Morris

1816 - 1892
1813-1858, anaesthetist; epidemiologist; physician, British; English

Snow, John

1813 - 1858
1835-1992, lithographer; engraver; printer, Glasgow

MacLure and MacDonald

1835 - 1992
1829-1901, physiologist, German

Fick, Adolf Eugen

1829 - 1901
c.1826 - 1989, map maker, Edinburgh

The Edinburgh Geographical Institute

1826 - 1989
1837-c.1969, optical instrument manufacturer, London, England

W Watson and Sons Limited

1837 - 1969
1835-1948, railway company, British

Great Western Railway

1835 - 1948
1824-1914, science writer; aeronaut, French

Fonvielle, Wilfrid de

1824 - 1914
c. 1828-1889?, apprenticed 1844 to Brumby & Middleton, merchants & factors of Sheffield, British

Sawyer, John Robert Mather

1828 - 1889
1813-1979, manufacturer, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, British

W and T Avery Limited

1813 - 1979
1788-1863, cleric; writer; photographer; traveller, British

Bridges, George Wilson

1788 - 1863
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
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
Photographer, Inventor

Warnerke, Leon

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

Barlow, Thomas Oldham

1824 - 1889
1832-1891, inventor; engineer, German

Otto, Nikolaus August

1832 - 1891
1834-1912, photographer, English; British

Bourne, Samuel

1834 - 1912
1837-1846, railway company, United Kingdom

Manchester & Birmingham Railway

1837 - 1846
1812-1890, organ builder; bicycle designer, German

Fischer, Philipp Moritz

1812 - 1890
1819-1904, marine artist, British; English

Hayes, Edwin

1819 - 1904