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1884-1991, button, badge and medal makers, Birmingham

J R Gaunt and Son Limited

1884 - 1991
1836-1917, physician, British

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett

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

Henry Hughes and Son Limited

1828 - 1947

Parkes, Alexander

1813 - 1890
1875-1969, meteorological, aviation & surveying instrument manufacturer, London, England

Short and Mason Limited

1875 - 1969
1819-1868, dentist who used anaesthetic; physician, American

Morton, William Thomas Green

1819 - 1868
1879-current (2020), manufacturer of surgical instruments, London, England

Downs Surgical Limited

1879
1827-1912, surgeon; physician; developer of a system of antiseptic surgery, English; British

Lister, Joseph

1827 - 1912
1818-1865, physician, Hungarian

Semmelweis, Ignaz Philipp

1818 - 1865
1845-c1955, optical instrument, lens and camera makers, Germany

Emil Busch AG

1845
1800-1890, social reformer; civil servant, British

Chadwick, Sir Edwin

1800 - 1890
1838-1907, chemist, English; British

Perkin, Sir William Henry

1838 - 1907
active 1829-1895, microbiologist; chemist, French

Pasteur, Louis

1822 - 1895
active c. 1894-1968, optical instrument maker, London, England

R and J Beck Limited

1867 - 1968
1853-1914, police officer, French

Bertillon, Alphonse

1853 - 1914
active 1829-1928, surgical instrument maker, London, England, British

Arnold and Sons

1829 - 1928
1813-1979, manufacturer, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, British

W and T Avery Limited

1813 - 1979

Swan, Joseph Wilson

1828 - 1914

Muybridge, Florado Helios

1873 - 1944
1863-1944, chemist; inventor, Belgian; American

Baekeland, Leo Hendrik

1863 - 1944
1843-1910, microbiologist and Nobel prize winner, German

Koch, Robert

1843 - 1910
1869-1986/7, optical instrument maker (microscope & cameras - Leica), Germany

E Leitz

1869 - 1987
active 1853-1921, optical, mathematical, philosophical & electrical inst. maker, London, England

Elliott Brothers

1853 - 1921
1829-1901, physiologist, German

Fick, Adolf Eugen

1829 - 1901
1815-1852, mathematician; computer pioneer, British

Lovelace, Ada

1815 - 1852

Brunel, Isambard Kingdom

1806 - 1859
1883-c.1944, manufacturer, Middlesbrough

Cargo Fleet Iron Co.

1883 - 1944
1878-1969, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, Manchester & London, England

J Halden and Company Limited

1878 - 1969
active 1834-1981, manufacturers of glass, Barnsley, England

Wood Brothers Glass Company Limited

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

Snow, John

1813 - 1858
c.1880 -1992, stationers; scientific equipment manufacturer, Manchester, England

A G Thornton Limited

1880 - 1992
1837-c.1969, optical instrument manufacturer, London, England

W Watson and Sons Limited

1837 - 1969
1880-1995, laboratory equipment manufacturer (chemistry, physics), London, England

A Gallenkamp and Company Limited

1880 - 1995
1851-1954, locksmith, London, England

Hobbs, Hart and Company Limited

1851 - 1954
1883-1991, telecommunications manufacturer, London

Standard Telephones and Cables PLC

1883 - 1991
c. 1875 -1998, manufacturer of ceramics, Burslem, England

Dunn, Bennett and Company Limited

1878 - 1998
c.1863 - 1946, surgical instrument maker, London, England

Down Bros and Mayer and Phelps Limited

1863
1857-1969, optical instrument makers (microscope), London, England

James Swift and Son Limited

1857 - 1969
1857-1960s?, manufacturer of laundry machines and appliances, Manchester, England

Thomas Bradford and Company

1850 - 1991

Maunder, Edward Walter

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

Singer Manufacturing Company

1853 - 1863
1844-1968, tobacco manufacturer, Spitalfields, London, England

Godfrey Phillips Limited

1844 - 1968
1820-1910, reformer of Army medical services and of nursing, British; English

Nightingale, Florence

1820 - 1910
1877-1926, manufacturer of explosives, Ardeer, Scotland

Nobel's Explosives Company Limited

1877 - 1926
1800-1970's?, button manufacturer, London

Jennens and Company Limited

1800
1825-about 1980s, manufacturer, West Bromwich, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, British

George Salter and Company

1825 - 1990
1881-1968, manufacturing engineers, Openshaw, Manchester

Crossley Brothers Limited

1881 - 2009
1832-2002, manufacturer, Newton-le-Willows, England

The Vulcan Foundry

1832 - 2002
active 1867-?, surgical instrument maker, Tuttlingen, Germany

Jetter and Scheerer

1867
1861-1968, manufacturer of ceramics, Hanley, England

G L Ashworth and Brothers Limited

1861 - 1968