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

Lister, Joseph

1827 - 1912
1884-1991, button, badge and medal makers, Birmingham

J R Gaunt and Son Limited

1884 - 1991
1875-1969, meteorological, aviation & surveying instrument manufacturer, London, England

Short and Mason Limited

1875 - 1969
1838-1907, chemist, English; British

Perkin, Sir William Henry

1838 - 1907

Parkes, Alexander

1813 - 1890

Norman, Henry (first baronet)

1858 - 1939
1819-1905, artist; painter, British

Tait, Arthur Fitzwilliam

1819 - 1905
active 1828-1947, marine & aeronautical navigational instrument maker, London, England, British

Henry Hughes and Son Limited

1828 - 1947
1836-1917, physician, British

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett

1836 - 1917
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
1845-c1955, optical instrument, lens and camera makers, Germany

Emil Busch AG

1845
1852-1926, amateur photographer, brewer, British

Adams, Edgar Tarry

1852 - 1926

Muybridge, Florado Helios

1873 - 1944

Lyons, Henry

1864 - 1944
active 1868-1968, optical instrument maker; clock maker, Manchester, England

Thomas Armstrong and Brother

1868 - 1968
1867-1944,active 1890-1920s, inventor; scientific & medical instrument maker, Austrian

Castagna, Ludwig

1867 - 1944
1883-1991, telecommunications manufacturer, London

Standard Telephones and Cables PLC

1883 - 1991
1857-1969, optical instrument makers (microscope), London, England

James Swift and Son Limited

1857 - 1969
1815-1852, mathematician; computer pioneer, British

Lovelace, Ada

1815 - 1852
active c1880-1988, wallpaper manufacturer, London, Reading & Southall (manufactory), England

John Line and Sons Limited

1880 - 1988
1818-1865, physician, Hungarian

Semmelweis, Ignaz Philipp

1818 - 1865
1861-1927, zoologist, British

Shipley, Sir Arthur Everett

1861 - 1927
active 1829-1895, microbiologist; chemist, French

Pasteur, Louis

1822 - 1895
1851-1922, artist; 'Spy' caricaturist for Vanity Fair magazine from 1873-1911, British

Ward, Sir Leslie

1851 - 1922
1839-1902, manufacturing jeweller; goldsmith; silversith, London, England

Phillips Brothers and Sons

1839 - 1902
c.1829-1905, active from 1857, photographer, French, active in Asia

Mallitte, Oscar Jean Baptiste

1829 - 1905
1878-1969, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, Manchester & London, England

J Halden and Company Limited

1878 - 1969

Swan, Joseph Wilson

1828 - 1914
1864-1927, mechanical engineer; inventor, British; English

Stuart, Herbert Akroyd

1864 - 1927
active 1834-1981, manufacturers of glass, Barnsley, England

Wood Brothers Glass Company Limited

1834 - 1981
1871-1938, medallist; sculptor, Hungarian

Szirmai, Tony Antoine

1871 - 1938
active 1859 -1948, psychiatric hospital, Sussex, England

Brighton Mental Asylum

1859 - 1948
active 1851-1875, optician, mathematical & philosophical instrument maker, Liverpool, England

A Abraham and Company

1851 - 1890
1829-1901, physiologist, German

Fick, Adolf Eugen

1829 - 1901
1808-1890, mechanical engineer; amateur astronomer, Scottish; British

Nasmyth, James

1808 - 1890
1837-c.1969, optical instrument manufacturer, London, England

W Watson and Sons Limited

1837 - 1969
1857-1960s?, manufacturer of laundry machines and appliances, Manchester, England

Thomas Bradford and Company

1850 - 1991
1838-current , shipping company, United Kingdom; Canada

The Cunard Line

1838
1857-about 1948, manufacturer of sewing machines, American

Willcox and Gibbs Sewing Machine Company

1857
1887-?, manufacturer of linen, clothing, merchants, general outfitters, Belfast; London

Robinson and Cleaver Limited

1874
1800-1970's?, button manufacturer, London

Jennens and Company Limited

1800
active 1867-?, surgical instrument maker, Tuttlingen, Germany

Jetter and Scheerer

1867
active 1851-1950, globe maker; mathematical & scientific instrument maker; optician, London, England, British

Newton and Company Limited

1851
active 1832-1922, optician & mathematical instrument maker, Dublin, Ireland

Yeates and Son

1832 - 1922
1810-1878, chemist & physicist, French

Regnault, Henri Victor

1810 - 1878
1814-1879, glassblower; scientific instrument maker, German

Geissler, Heinrich

1814 - 1879
1864-1916, engineer; cientific instrument maker, London, England

R W Munro and Company

1864 - 1916
1838-1900, meteorologist, British

Symons, George James

1838 - 1900
active 1900-1912, physician, British

Alabone, Edwin William

1848 - 1913