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

Henry Hughes and Son Limited

1828 - 1947
1818-1865, physician, Hungarian

Semmelweis, Ignaz Philipp

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

Lovelace, Ada

1815 - 1852
1827-1912, surgeon; physician; developer of a system of antiseptic surgery, English; British

Lister, Joseph

1827 - 1912
1800-1970's?, button manufacturer, London

Jennens and Company Limited

1800

Parkes, Alexander

1813 - 1890

Wheatstone, Charles

1802 - 1875
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
active 1829-1928, surgical instrument maker, London, England, British

Arnold and Sons

1829 - 1928
1798-1849, King of Piedmont, reigned 1831-1849,

Charles Albert of Sardinia

1798 - 1849
1819-1905, civil engineer, English; British

Stephenson, George Robert

1819 - 1905
1812-1887, journalist; author; playwright, British.

Mayhew, Henry

1812 - 1887
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
1819-1868, dentist who used anaesthetic; physician, American

Morton, William Thomas Green

1819 - 1868
1825-about 1980s, manufacturer, West Bromwich, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, British

George Salter and Company

1825 - 1990
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
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
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
1802-1875, pioneer of telegraphy, scientist and contributor to optics, English; British

Wheatstone, Sir Charles

1802 - 1875
1800-1877, pioneer of photography; photographer, English; British

Talbot, William Henry Fox

1800 - 1877
1824-1889, engraver; etcher; artist; printmaker, English; British

Barlow, Thomas Oldham

1824 - 1889
1821-1895, optician, philosophical & photographic instrument maker, London, England

Ackland, William

1821 - 1895
1819-1894, photographer, Scottish; British

Moffat, John

1819 - 1894
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
1819-1904, marine artist, British; English

Hayes, Edwin

1819 - 1904
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
active 1829-1830s, iron founder; anchor smith; marine engine maker; civil engineer, Bristol, England

William Daniel and William Edward Acraman

1829 - 1842
1799-1859, mathematician; writer, British

Grant, Horace

1799 - 1859
1820-1897, engineer, British; Scottish

Kirkaldy, David

1820 - 1897
1824-1886, engineer, British

Ordish, Rowland Mason

1824 - 1886
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