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1836-1917, physician, British

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson

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

Henry Hughes and Son Limited

1828 - 1947

Alexander Parkes

1813 - 1890
1827-1912, surgeon; physician; developer of a system of antiseptic surgery, English; British

Joseph Lister

1827 - 1912
1819-1868, dentist who used anaesthetic; physician, American

William Thomas Green Morton

1819 - 1868

Charles Babbage

1791 - 1871
1818-1865, physician, Hungarian

Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis

1818 - 1865
1838-1907, chemist, English; British

William Henry Perkin

1838 - 1907
1867-1934, physicist; chemist, Polish-born; French

Marie Curie

1867 - 1934
active 1829-1895, microbiologist; chemist, French

Louis Pasteur

1822 - 1895
1800-1890, social reformer; civil servant, British

Edwin Chadwick

1800 - 1890
active c. 1894-1968, optical instrument maker, London, England

R and J Beck Limited

1867 - 1968
active 1829-1928, surgical instrument maker, London, England, British

Arnold and Sons

1829 - 1928
1843-1910, microbiologist and Nobel prize winner, German

Robert Koch

1843 - 1910
1863-1944, chemist; inventor, Belgian; American

Leo Hendrik Baekeland

1863 - 1944
1815-1852, mathematician; computer pioneer, British

Ada Lovelace

1815 - 1852
Sir

Joseph Wilson Swan

1828 - 1914
1829-1901, physiologist, German

Adolf Eugen Fick

1829 - 1901
1844-1968, tobacco manufacturer, Spitalfields, London, England

Godfrey Phillips Limited

1844 - 1968
1813-1979, manufacturer, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, British

W and T Avery Limited

1813 - 1979
1869-1986/7, optical instrument maker (microscope & cameras - Leica), Germany

E Leitz

1869 - 1987
1853-1914, police officer, French

Alphonse Bertillon

1853 - 1914
active 1834-1981, manufacturers of glass, Barnsley, England

Wood Brothers Glass Company Limited

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

John Snow

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

W Watson and Sons Limited

1837 - 1969
active 1853-1921, optical, mathematical, philosophical & electrical inst. maker, London, England

Elliott Brothers

1853 - 1921
1845-c1955, optical instrument, lens and camera makers, Germany

Emil Busch AG

1845

Isambard Kingdom Brunel

1806 - 1859
1857-1960s?, manufacturer of laundry machines and appliances, Manchester, England

Thomas Bradford and Company

1850 - 1991
1851-1954, locksmith, London, England

Hobbs, Hart and Company Limited

1851 - 1954
1825-about 1980s, manufacturer, West Bromwich, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, British

George Salter and Company

1825 - 1990
1857-1969, optical instrument makers (microscope), London, England

James Swift and Son Limited

1857 - 1969
Sir

Charles Wheatstone

1802 - 1875
1836-1906, camera manufacturer, Northern Irish; British

Samuel Dunseith McKellen

1836 - 1906
1799-1871, botanist; photographic artist, British

Anna Atkins

1799 - 1871
1861-1968, manufacturer of ceramics, Hanley, England

G L Ashworth and Brothers Limited

1861 - 1968

Edward Walter Maunder

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

Singer Manufacturing Company

1853 - 1863
1820-1910, reformer of Army medical services and of nursing, British; English

Florence Nightingale

1820 - 1910
active 1878-1911, scientific instrument manufacturer, London, England

James Joseph Hicks

1837 - 1916
1820-1962, periodical and magazine, London

John Bull Magazine

1820 - 1962
1818-1984, lock and safe manufacturer, England, British

Chubb and Son's Lock and Safe Company Limited

1818 - 1984
1791-1871, mathematician; computer pioneer, England, English; British

Charles Babbage

1791 - 1871
1832-2002, manufacturer, Newton-le-Willows, England

The Vulcan Foundry

1832 - 2002
active 1859 -1948, psychiatric hospital, Sussex, England

Brighton Mental Asylum

1859 - 1948
Inventor of the modern knuckle coupler. 1831-1912

Eli Hamilton Janey

1831 - 1912
1819-1999, submarine engineers, manufacturer of diving and breathing apparatus, United Kingdom

Siebe Gorman and Company Limited

1819 - 1999
1818-1889, physicist, English, British

James Prescott Joule

1818 - 1889
1844-1918, inventor, artist, France

Charles-Emile Reynaud

1844 - 1918
1819-1867, inventor; sewing machine pioneer, American

Elias Howe

1819 - 1867