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

Lister, Joseph

1827 - 1912
1838-1907, chemist, English; British

Perkin, Sir William Henry

1838 - 1907

Parkes, Alexander

1813 - 1890
active 1828-1947, marine & aeronautical navigational instrument maker, London, England, British

Henry Hughes and Son Limited

1828 - 1947
1819-1905, artist; painter, British

Tait, Arthur Fitzwilliam

1819 - 1905
1836-1917, physician, British

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett

1836 - 1917
1819-1868, dentist who used anaesthetic; physician, American

Morton, William Thomas Green

1819 - 1868
1845-c1955, optical instrument, lens and camera makers, Germany

Emil Busch AG

1845
1815-1852, mathematician; computer pioneer, British

Lovelace, Ada

1815 - 1852
1818-1865, physician, Hungarian

Semmelweis, Ignaz Philipp

1818 - 1865
active 1829-1895, microbiologist; chemist, French

Pasteur, Louis

1822 - 1895
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

Swan, Joseph Wilson

1828 - 1914
active 1834-1981, manufacturers of glass, Barnsley, England

Wood Brothers Glass Company Limited

1834 - 1981
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
1838-current , shipping company, United Kingdom; Canada

The Cunard Line

1838
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
1838-1900, meteorologist, British

Symons, George James

1838 - 1900
1816-1889, railway engineer; executive, British

Gooch, Sir Daniel

1816 - 1889
1836-1939, steam locomotive manufacturer, Patricroft, Salford, England

Nasmyth Wilson and Company Limited

1836 - 1939
active 1829-1928, surgical instrument maker, London, England, British

Arnold and Sons

1829 - 1928
1844-1940, physicist; inventor, French

Branly, Edouard

1844 - 1940

Greener, Thomas

1820 - 1903
1844-1963, shipbuilders; marine engineers, Dumbarton, Scotand

Wm Denny and Brothers Limited

1844 - 1963
1847-1931, inventor; scientist, American

Edison, Thomas Alva

1847 - 1931

Webb, Francis William

1836 - 1906

Thorpe, Thomas Edward

1845 - 1925

Darbyshire, Alfred

1839 - 1908

Banks, Isabella Varley

1821 - 1897

Disraeli, Benjamin

1804 - 1881

Bury, Thomas Talbot

1809 - 1877

Allom, Thomas

1804 - 1872

Henry Chapman

1835 - 1908

Nasmyth, James Hall

1808 - 1890

Brothers, Alfred

1826 - 1912

Dancer, John Benjamin

1812 - 1887

Kingett, James Charles

1811 - 1916

Young, Jane

1831 - 1914

Hackworth, Ann

1818 - 1872

Hackworth, John Wesley

1820 - 1891

Mudd, James

1821 - 1906

Moseley, Charles

1840 - 1887

Bradshaw, George

1801 - 1853

Peacock, Ralph

1838 - 1928

Perkin, Sir William Henry

1838 - 1907