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

White, James

1824 - 1884
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

White, James

1811 - 1884

Wheatstone, Charles

1802 - 1875
1838-1907, chemist, English; British

Perkin, Sir William Henry

1838 - 1907

Swan, Joseph Wilson

1828 - 1914
1819-1868, dentist who used anaesthetic; physician, American

Morton, William Thomas Green

1819 - 1868
1827-1912, surgeon; physician; developer of a system of antiseptic surgery, English; British

Lister, Joseph

1827 - 1912
1812-1887, journalist; author; playwright, British.

Mayhew, Henry

1812 - 1887
1808-1914, optical, mathematical & philosophical (globes) instrument makers, London, England, British

Carpenter and Westley

1808 - 1914
1842-, manufacturer of ceramics, Burslem, England

John Maddock and Sons Limited

1842
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
1872-1942, astronomer, American

Curtis, Heber Doust

1872 - 1942
active 1829-1830s, iron founder; anchor smith; marine engine maker; civil engineer, Bristol, England

William Daniel and William Edward Acraman

1829 - 1842
1858-1939, journalist; politician, British; English

Norman, Sir Henry

1858 - 1939
1820-1897, engineer, British; Scottish

Kirkaldy, David

1820 - 1897
1824-1886, engineer, British

Ordish, Rowland Mason

1824 - 1886
1862-1912, mechanical engineer, German?

Zodel, Louis

1862 - 1912
1806-1863, naturalist; geologist; author; teacher, French

Boubee, Neree

1806 - 1863
1813-1899, mechanical engineer, British

Jackson, Peter Rothwell

1813 - 1899
1854-1932, inventor; businessman, American

Eastman, George

1854 - 1932
1833-1911, civil engineering contractor, British

Aird, Sir John

1833 - 1911
1820-1896, civil engineer, England, British

Margary, Peter John

1820 - 1896
1858-1929, scientist; inventor, Austrian

Auer von Welsbach, Carl

1858 - 1929
1873-1953, artist; painter; landscapist; marine painter, English; British

Hughes, Robert Morson

1873 - 1953
1810-1896, photographer, Scottish; British

Collie, William

1810 - 1896
1805-1883, naval officer; inventor; pantetee; engineer; surveyor, English; British

Peacock, George

1805 - 1883
1862-present, pen manufacturer, Birmingham

C. Brandauer & Co

1862
1808-1881, active 1840s, analysing lead mining in Derbyshire, British

Taylor, John

1808 - 1881
1839-1913, mechanical engineer, British

Daglish, George Heaton

1839 - 1913
1854, vessel; screw sloop

HMS Curlew (1854)

1854 - 1865
1861-1935, wrote letter in 1917 on 'les moteurs a petrole pour sous-marins', French

Rey, Jean Alexandre

1861 - 1935
1866-1962, worked as a chemist in Wales, German-born

Wolf, Hans Karl

1866 - 1962
1851-1930, professor of botany; reporter; editor, British; Scottish

Watt, Sir George

1851 - 1930
1870-1961, active 1917-1920 as Director of airship production and of munitions, British

Given, Ernest Cranstoun

1870 - 1961
1826-1898, civil engineer, British; English

Douglass, Sir James Nicholas

1826 - 1898
1849-1925, mathematician, Prussian; German

Klein, Christian Felix

1849 - 1925
1809-1879, barrister, photographer, secretary of the Society of Arts, British

Foster, Peter Le Neve

1809 - 1879
1867-1949, Director of the 1917 Geological Survey of Egypt, British

Hume, William Fraser

1867 - 1949
1873-1948; electrical engineer; inventor; English; British.

Sydney George Brown

1873 - 1948
1872-1941, Director of Desert Surveys, Egypt, c. 1931

Ball, John

1872 - 1941