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1871-1883, railway company, British

Scotswood, Newburn & Wylam Railway & Dock Company

1871 - 1883
1883-1991, telecommunications manufacturer, London

Standard Telephones and Cables PLC

1883 - 1991
1834-1897, physiologist, German

Heidenhain, Rudolf Peter Heinrich

1834 - 1897
1803-1882, artist; engraver; watercolour painter, British

Duncan, Edward

1803 - 1882
c. 1840, d. 1920, music composer; teacher; singer, British? active Italy, Spain, London

Slater, Edward

1840 - 1920
1848-1912, engraver; medallist, Italian

Giorgi, Luigi

1848 - 1912
1888-1969, Chief Engineer fof London & North Eastern Railway, England, Scottish

Train, Sir John Cumberland Landale

1888 - 1969
1824-1884, scientific instrument maker, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Scottish; British

White, James

1824 - 1884
c.1830-1919, manufacturer of dyestuffs; chemicals manufacturer, Huddersfield, England

Read Holliday and Sons Limited

1830 - 1919
1879-1962, artist and photographer, French

Albin-Guillot, Laure

1879 - 1962
1816-1888, railway engineer; civil engineer, British

Crampton, Thomas Russell

1816 - 1888
1832-1907, surgeon, British; Scottish

Watson, Sir Patrick Heron

1832 - 1907
1811-1875, inventor; entrepreneur, American

Singer, Isaac Merritt

1811 - 1875
1843-1928, naval architect, British; English

Thornycroft, Sir John Isaac

1843 - 1928
1808-1874, inventor; ship's propeller patentee; marine engineer, England, British

Smith, Sir Francis Petit

1808 - 1874
1889-1976, physicist; meteorologist, British

Dobson, Gordon Miller Bourne

1889 - 1976
1854-1923, railway administrator, London

Brewer, John Jennings

1854 - 1923
1809-1903, astronomer; meteorologist, British

Glaisher, James

1809 - 1903
active 1865-1965, bell manufacturers, Whitechapel

Mears & Stainbank Founders

1865 - 1965
1845-1922, physician, French

Laveran, Charles Louis Alphonse

1845 - 1922
1792-1868, shipping broker, Scottish; British

Anderson, Arthur

1792 - 1868
1831-1879, physicist, British

Maxwell, James Clerk

1831 - 1879
1862-1893, chemist, German

Sachse, Hermann

1862 - 1893
1828-1903, locomotive manufacturer, Manchester, England

Sharp Stewart and Company Limited

1828 - 1903
1815-1861, histologist; microscopist, English; British

Quekett, John Thomas

1815 - 1861
1850-1922, medallist, Swedish

Högel, August

1850 - 1922
1881-1957, artist, British

Aitken, John E

1881 - 1957
1820-1910, photographer; caricaturist; journalist; novelist; balloonist, French

Nadar, Félix

1820 - 1910
1824-1888, inventor, American

Wilson, Allen

1824 - 1888
1829-1904, geologist; astronomer, British; Welsh

Roberts, Isaac

1829 - 1904
1821-1902, physician; pathologist; anthropologist, German

Virchow, Rudolf Ludwig Karl

1821 - 1902
1794-1875, engineer, French

Cave, Francois

1794 - 1875
1804-1892, comparative anatomist; palaeontologist, British

Owen, Richard

1804 - 1892
1815-1879, photographer, Indian-born, British

Cameron, Julia Margaret

1815 - 1879
1798-1884, chemist; pharmacist, English

Squire, Peter

1798 - 1884
1842-1919, dermatologist, French

Hallopeau, Francois Henri

1842 - 1919
1811-1899, chemist, German

Bunsen, Robert Wilhelm

1811 - 1899
1814-1874, physicist; spectroscopist, Swedish

Ångström, Anders Jonas

1814 - 1874
1831-1904, anatomist; embryologist, Swiss

His, Wilhelm

1831 - 1904
1859-1927, chemist, Swedish

Arrhenius, Svante August

1859 - 1927
1868-1948, chemist; antiquary; collector, English; British

Gabb, George Hugh

1868 - 1948
1793-1864 artist; draughtsman, British

Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer

1793 - 1864
1834-1904, Siebe & Gorman Company founder member, Limerick, Irish

Gorman, William Augustus

1834 - 1904
1887-1912, battleship, British

HMS Trafalgar (1887)

1887 - 1912
1824-1884, geologist, brass-founder, English, British

Tylor, Alfred

1824 - 1884
1819-1890, inventor who developed the typewriter, American

Sholes, Christopher Latham

1819 - 1890
c. 1830-1913, dermatologist, French?

Zambaco Pacha, Demetrius Alexandre

1830 - 1913
1826-1901, electrical engineer; inventor, Belgian

Gramme, Zénobe

1826 - 1901
1859-1906, physicist, French

Curie, Pierre

1859 - 1906
1874-1958, aviator; aircraft manufacturer, born Paris; British; French

Farman, Henri

1874 - 1958