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Plummer, John James

1806 - 1907

Russell, John Scott

1808 - 1882

Crew, Henry

1859 - 1953

Victoria

1819 - 1901

Tutton, Alfred Edwin Howard

1864 - 1938

Hale, George Ellery

1868 - 1938

Locke, Joseph

1805 - 1860

Wilkinson, Michael Marlow Umfreville

1831 - 1916

Baly, Edward Charles Cyril

1871 - 1948
Collector of prints and drawings.

Goldschmidt, Rudolf Philip

1840 - 1914
1801-1883, physicist, inventor, Belgium

Plateau, Joseph

1801 - 1883
active 1830s-1860s, sculptor; medallist, French

Vauthier-Gallé, Adrien

1818 - 1899
1853-1917, inventor; camera manufacturer; manufacturer of optical devices; camera retailer, Belgian

van Neck, Louis

1853 - 1917
1873-1928, artist; painter; poster artist, British

Sims, Charles Henry

1873 - 1928
1882-1973, son of Edgar Tarry Adams, British

Adams, Francis Norris

1882 - 1973
1801-1875, optical instrument inventor, Italian

Porro, Ignazio

1801 - 1875
1834-1922, shipowner, Scottish; British

Sutherland, Sir Thomas

1834 - 1922
1880-1976, manufacturer of machinery, Bad Homburg, Germany

Maschinenfabrik Michael KAMPF KG

1880 - 1976
1857-1932, bacteriologist, Scottish; British

Ross, Sir Ronald

1857 - 1932
1851-1865, railway company, Glamorgan, Wales

Vale of Neath Railway

1851 - 1865
1880-1958, sexologist; advocate of birth control, British; Scottish

Stopes, Marie

1880 - 1958
1884-1976, Locomotive engineer, British

Hawksworth, Frederick W

1884 - 1976
1842-1920, inventor; industrialist, Swedish

Nordenfelt, Thorsten Wilhelm

1842 - 1920
1885-1940, railway company, Somerset

Weston, Clevedon & Portishead Railway

1885 - 1940
1854-1932, medical health officer; toxicologist, British; English

Hill, Alfred Bostock

1854 - 1932
1854-1918, cinematography pioneer, American

Acres, Birt

1854 - 1918
1858-1929, physician, British

Davies, Arthur Templer

1858 - 1929
1877-1933, poster artist; illustrator, British

Higgins, Reginald Edward

1877 - 1933
1885-1957, wood engraver; autobiographer; poster artist, British

Raverat, Gwen

1885 - 1957
1830-1907, naval architect, British; English

Mackrow, George Colby

1830 - 1907
1835-1916, astronomer; meteorologist, Norwegian

Mohn, Henrik

1835 - 1916
1853-1943, medallist, French

Dubois, Henri Alfred Auguste

1853 - 1943
1806-1847, mechanical engineer, British

Holtzapffel, Charles

1806 - 1847
1800-1872, engraver; medallist, Swiss

Aberli, Jakob Friedrich

1800 - 1872
1837-1846, railway company, United Kingdom

Manchester & Birmingham Railway

1837 - 1846
1881-1963, marine engineer, Scottish; British

Wallace, Sir William

1881 - 1963
1864-1944, geologist; museum director, British; English

Lyons, Sir Henry George

1864 - 1944
1812-1890, organ builder; bicycle designer, German

Fischer, Philipp Moritz

1812 - 1890
1819-1904, marine artist, British; English

Hayes, Edwin

1819 - 1904
1843-1913, educational reformer; politician, British

Stuart, James

1843 - 1913
1867-1943, aeronautical pioneer; balloonist; meteorologist, British

Alexander, Patrick Young

1867 - 1943
1812-1889, engineer; astronomer, British; Scottish

Newall, Robert Stirling

1812 - 1889
1870-1952, science and technology historian; Science Museum curator, British

Dickinson, Henry Winram

1870 - 1952
1810-1882, photographer, British; Welsh

Llewelyn, John Dillwyn

1810 - 1882
1831-1916, mathematician, Fellow of Trinity College Cambridge, British; English

Wilkinson, Michael Marlow Umfreville

1831 - 1916

Buckland, Francis Trevelyan

1826 - 1880

Corbett, Joseph

1842 - 1913

Winkles, H.

1801 - 1860

Gresley, Sir Nigel (1876-1941), engineer

1876 - 1941

Boubee, Neree

1806 - 1863