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1798-1884, chemist; pharmacist, English

Squire, Peter

1798 - 1884
1835-1955, opticians, optics and photographic and camera maker, Birmingham

J Lancaster and Son

1835 - 1955
active 1828-1947, marine & aeronautical navigational instrument maker, London, England, British

Henry Hughes and Son Limited

1828 - 1947
active 1829-1928, surgical instrument maker, London, England, British

Arnold and Sons

1829 - 1928

Swan, Joseph Wilson

1828 - 1914
1827-1912, surgeon; physician; developer of a system of antiseptic surgery, English; British

Lister, Joseph

1827 - 1912
1799-1871, botanist; photographic artist, British

Atkins, Anna

1799 - 1871
1790-1878, inventor; Church of Scotland minister/clergyman, Scottish; British

Stirling, Robert

1790 - 1878
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
1818-1984, lock and safe manufacturer, England, British

Chubb and Son's Lock and Safe Company Limited

1818 - 1984
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
1800-1877, pioneer of photography; photographer, English; British

Talbot, William Henry Fox

1800 - 1877
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
1832-1891, inventor; engineer, German

Otto, Nikolaus August

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

Bourne, Samuel

1834 - 1912
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
1843-1913, educational reformer; politician, British

Stuart, James

1843 - 1913
1812-1889, engineer; astronomer, British; Scottish

Newall, Robert Stirling

1812 - 1889
1810-1882, photographer, British; Welsh

Llewelyn, John Dillwyn

1810 - 1882
1831-1916, mathematician, Fellow of Trinity College Cambridge, British; English

Wilkinson, Michael Marlow Umfreville

1831 - 1916
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
1833-1911, civil engineering contractor, British

Aird, Sir John

1833 - 1911
1820-1896, civil engineer, England, British

Margary, Peter John

1820 - 1896
1810-1896, photographer, Scottish; British

Collie, William

1810 - 1896
1805-1883, naval officer; inventor; pantetee; engineer; surveyor, English; British

Peacock, George

1805 - 1883
1808-1881, active 1840s, analysing lead mining in Derbyshire, British

Taylor, John

1808 - 1881
1839-1913, mechanical engineer, British

Daglish, George Heaton

1839 - 1913
1826-1898, civil engineer, British; English

Douglass, Sir James Nicholas

1826 - 1898