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1885-1930, soap manufacturer, British

Lever Brothers Limited

1885 - 1930
1884-1991, button, badge and medal makers, Birmingham

J R Gaunt and Son Limited

1884 - 1991
active 1828-1947, marine & aeronautical navigational instrument maker, London, England, British

Henry Hughes and Son Limited

1828 - 1947
1836-1917, physician, British

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson

1836 - 1917
1875-1969, meteorological, aviation & surveying instrument manufacturer, London, England

Short and Mason Limited

1875 - 1969

Alexander Parkes

1813 - 1890
1827-1912, surgeon; physician; developer of a system of antiseptic surgery, English; British

Joseph Lister

1827 - 1912
1818-1865, physician, Hungarian

Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis

1818 - 1865
1867-1934, physicist; chemist, Polish-born; French

Marie Curie

1867 - 1934
active 1887 -1920s?, manufacturer of leather goods, picnic baskets and silver, London, ENgland

Drew and Sons

1887 - 1935
1888-1971, medical scientist; inventor, American

Royal Raymond Rife

1888 - 1971
1838-1907, chemist, English; British

William Henry Perkin

1838 - 1907
1879-current (2020), manufacturer of surgical instruments, London, England

Downs Surgical Limited

1879
active 1829-1895, microbiologist; chemist, French

Louis Pasteur

1822 - 1895
active c. 1894-1968, optical instrument maker, London, England

R and J Beck Limited

1867 - 1968
1889-2006, electrical equipment manufacturer, British

General Electric Company Limited

1889 - 2006
1815-1852, mathematician; computer pioneer, British

Ada Lovelace

1815 - 1852
active 1829-1928, surgical instrument maker, London, England, British

Arnold and Sons

1829 - 1928
Mr

Florado Helios Muybridge

1873 - 1944
1869-1986/7, optical instrument maker (microscope & cameras - Leica), Germany

E Leitz

1869 - 1987
1843-1910, microbiologist and Nobel prize winner, German

Robert Koch

1843 - 1910
1863-1944, chemist; inventor, Belgian; American

Leo Hendrik Baekeland

1863 - 1944
Sir

Joseph Wilson Swan

1828 - 1914
1829-1901, physiologist, German

Adolf Eugen Fick

1829 - 1901
1813-1979, manufacturer, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, British

W and T Avery Limited

1813 - 1979
1878-1969, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, Manchester & London, England

J Halden and Company Limited

1878 - 1969
active 1834-1981, manufacturers of glass, Barnsley, England

Wood Brothers Glass Company Limited

1834 - 1981
1853-1914, police officer, French

Alphonse Bertillon

1853 - 1914
1883-c.1944, manufacturer, Middlesbrough

Cargo Fleet Iron Co.

1883 - 1944
1813-1858, anaesthetist; epidemiologist; physician, British; English

John Snow

1813 - 1858
1837-c.1969, optical instrument manufacturer, London, England

W Watson and Sons Limited

1837 - 1969
1880-1995, laboratory equipment manufacturer (chemistry, physics), London, England

A Gallenkamp and Company Limited

1880 - 1995
1845-c1955, optical instrument, lens and camera makers, Germany

Emil Busch AG

1845
1883-1991, telecommunications manufacturer, London

Standard Telephones and Cables PLC

1883 - 1991
active 1853-1921, optical, mathematical, philosophical & electrical inst. maker, London, England

Elliott Brothers

1853 - 1921
active 1928-1954, laboratory apparatus; laboratory instrument maker, London, England

Griffin and Tatlock Limited

1889 - 1999

Isambard Kingdom Brunel

1806 - 1859
1888-1946, television engineer, entrepreneur, Scottish; British

John Logie Baird

1888 - 1946
1889-1957, manufacturer of comptometers, Chicago, United States

Felt and Tarrant Manufacturing Company

1889 - 1957
1889-1926, camera and cinema equipment manufacturer, Dresden, Germany

Ernemann Werke

1889 - 1926
1857-1960s?, manufacturer of laundry machines and appliances, Manchester, England

Thomas Bradford and Company

1850 - 1991
1851-1954, locksmith, London, England

Hobbs, Hart and Company Limited

1851 - 1954
1857-1969, optical instrument makers (microscope), London, England

James Swift and Son Limited

1857 - 1969
1877-1926, manufacturer of explosives, Ardeer, Scotland

Nobel's Explosives Company Limited

1877 - 1926
c. 1875 -1998, manufacturer of ceramics, Burslem, England

Dunn Bennett and Company Limited

1878 - 1998
Sir

Charles Wheatstone

1802 - 1875
1861-1968, manufacturer of ceramics, Hanley, England

G L Ashworth and Brothers Limited

1861 - 1968
1836-1906, camera manufacturer, Northern Irish; British

Samuel Dunseith McKellen

1836 - 1906
active 1888-1971, manufacturing chemist, Nottingham

Boots Pure Drug Company Limited

1888 - 1971

Edward Walter Maunder

1851 - 1928