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Parkes, Alexander

1813 - 1890

Wheatstone, Charles

1802 - 1875

Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871
1819-1868, dentist who used anaesthetic; physician, American

Morton, William Thomas Green

1819 - 1868
1824-1884, scientific instrument maker, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Scottish; British

White, James

1824 - 1884
1799-1852, engineer; inventor of types of steam carriage, British; English

Hancock, Walter

1799 - 1852
active 1829-1895, microbiologist; chemist, French

Pasteur, Louis

1822 - 1895
1797-1880, physician; modelmaker, French

Auzoux, Louis Thomas Jerome

1797 - 1880

Dancer, John Benjamin

1812 - 1887
1815-1852, mathematician; computer pioneer, British

Lovelace, Ada

1815 - 1852
1816-1892, astronomer and photographer, American

Rutherfurd, Lewis Morris

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

Snow, John

1813 - 1858
active 1792-1829, body snatcher, Edinburgh / British

Burke, William

1792 - 1829
b. 1822, active 1872, mathematical modelmaker, Paris, France

Fabre de Lagrange

1822
1800-1970's?, button manufacturer, London

Jennens and Company Limited

1800
1824-1914, science writer; aeronaut, French

Fonvielle, Wilfrid de

1824 - 1914
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
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
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
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
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
1809-1879, barrister, photographer, secretary of the Society of Arts, British

Foster, Peter Le Neve

1809 - 1879
1795-1864, sculptor, British

Behnes, William

1795 - 1864
1816-1895, physician; physiologist, German

Ludwig, Carl Friedrich Wilhelm

1816 - 1895
1798-1827, geographer; draughtsman, French

Hebert, Louis

1798 - 1827
active 1870s, photographer, British

Keene, Richard

1825 - 1812

Wallis, George

1811 - 1891

Rossi, Alessandro

1819 - 1898

Marenholtz-Bülow, Bertha von

1810 - 1893