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

Lister, Joseph

1827 - 1912
1845-c1955, optical instrument, lens and camera makers, Germany

Emil Busch AG

1845

Muybridge, Florado Helios

1873 - 1944
1806-1875, neurologist, France

Duchenne, Guillaume Benjamin Amand

1806 - 1875

Parkes, Alexander

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

Short and Mason Limited

1875 - 1969
1863-1944, chemist; inventor, Belgian; American

Baekeland, Leo Hendrik

1863 - 1944
active 1828-1947, marine & aeronautical navigational instrument maker, London, England, British

Henry Hughes and Son Limited

1828 - 1947

Rickett, Thomas

1825
1887-?, manufacturer of linen, clothing, merchants, general outfitters, Belfast; London

Robinson and Cleaver Limited

1874
1853-1917, inventor; camera manufacturer; manufacturer of optical devices; camera retailer, Belgian

van Neck, Louis

1853 - 1917
1839-1932, shipping company, British

Royal Mail Steam Packet Company

1839 - 1932
1838-1907, chemist, English; British

Perkin, Sir William Henry

1838 - 1907
1850-1892, doctor; murderer, British; American

Cream, Thomas Neill

1850 - 1892
1828-1918, manufacturer of engines; manufacturer of agricultural machinery, Grantham, England

R. Hornsby and Sons Limited

1828 - 1918
1843-1910, microbiologist and Nobel prize winner, German

Koch, Robert

1843 - 1910
1835-1911, railway manager, British; English

Scotter, Sir Charles

1835 - 1911

Bradshaw, George

1801 - 1853

Swan, Joseph Wilson

1828 - 1914

Maxim, Hiram Stevens

1840 - 1916

W and T Avery Limited

1813 - 1979
1850-1917, inventor, film maker, chronophotographer, physiologist, French

Demeny, Georges

1850 - 1917
1846-1926, ophthalmologist, Swiss

Landolt, Edmund

1846 - 1926
active 1834-1981, manufacturers of glass, Barnsley, England

Wood Brothers Glass Company Limited

1834 - 1981
1831-1915, arctic explorer; surveyor; researcher; conservationist, British

Nares, Sir George Strong

1831 - 1915
1836-1917, physician, British

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett

1836 - 1917
1876-1999, manufacturer of microscopes, Vienna, Austria

Reichert

1876 - 1999
1819-1868, dentist who used anaesthetic; physician, American

Morton, William Thomas Green

1819 - 1868
1825-about 1980s, manufacturer, West Bromwich, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, British

George Salter and Company

1825 - 1990
active 1837-1900, model-maker, Darmstadt, Germany, German

Schroeder, J

1837
1857-about 1948, manufacturer of sewing machines, American

Willcox and Gibbs Sewing Machine Company

1857
1842-, manufacturer of ceramics, Burslem, England

John Maddock and Sons Limited

1842
active 1867-?, surgical instrument maker, Tuttlingen, Germany

Jetter and Scheerer

1867
1849-1907 artist; caricaturist for Vanity Fair, French

Chartran, Theobald

1849 - 1907
1818-1984, lock and safe manufacturer, England, British

Chubb and Son's Lock and Safe Company Limited

1818 - 1984
1847-1922, teacher of deaf people; inventor of telephone, Scottish; American

Bell, Alexander Graham

1847 - 1922
1835-present, journal, British

Railway Gazette International

1835
1865-1935, physicist, French

Féry, Charles

1865 - 1935
active 1878-1911, scientific instrument manufacturer, London, England

Hicks, James Joseph

1837 - 1916
1819-1889, photographer; inventor, French

Disdéri, André-Adolphe-Eugène

1819 - 1889
1813-1901, photographer; politician, English; British

Mayall, John Jabez Edwin

1813 - 1901
1819-1999, submarine engineers, manufacturer of diving and breathing apparatus, United Kingdom

Siebe Gorman and Company Limited

1819 - 1999
1841-1880, active 1874, cycle manufacturer, inventor of ball bearing, British

Rudge, Daniel

1841 - 1880
1834-1864, publisher, High Holborn

John Weale

1834 - 1864
1802-1875, pioneer of telegraphy, scientist and contributor to optics, English; British

Wheatstone, Sir Charles

1802 - 1875
1873-1878, photographer, British

Maull and Company

1873 - 1878
1854-1920, US army physician and surgeon, American

Gorgas, William Crawford

1854 - 1920
1862-1931, engineer, British

Darling, Alfred

1862 - 1931
1850-1971, optics manufacturer, Bromley

Wray Optical Works Ltd.

1850 - 1971
1842-1877, manufacturers, London

Parker Field & Sons

1842 - 1877