Search our collection

Clear all filters
Occupation
Place born
Organisation / Person
Date (born / died)
1826-1891, photographer, Canadian

Notman, William

1826 - 1891
1868-1947, manufacturer of chemicals, Battersea, London, England

Whiffen and Sons Limited

1868 - 1947
1873-1928, artist; painter; poster artist, British

Sims, Charles Henry

1873 - 1928
1896-1985, poster artist; marine and landscape artist, British

Sherwin, Frank

1896 - 1985
1882-1973, son of Edgar Tarry Adams, British

Adams, Francis Norris

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

Porro, Ignazio

1801 - 1875
1872-1927, telegraph communications, United Kingdom

Eastern Telegraph Company

1872 - 1927
1819-1857, civil engineer, British?

Wild, Charles Heard

1819 - 1857
1876-1965, locomotive engineer and railway administrator, British

Stanier, Sir William Arthur

1876 - 1965
1899-1971, inventor; engineer, Swiss

Reutter, Jean-Léon

1899 - 1971
1851-1923, locomotive engineer, British

Ivatt, Henry A

1851 - 1923
1900-1990, industrial designer, German

Wagenfeld, Wilhelm

1900 - 1990
1883-1928, light bulb filament manufacturer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Royal Ediswan

1883 - 1928
1851-1929, inventor, German-born; ethnically Jewish; American

Berliner, Emile

1851 - 1929
1879-1959, aviator; aircraft manufacturer; British; English

Grahame-White, Claude

1879 - 1959
1880-1969, artist; poster artist, British

Flint, Sir William Russell

1880 - 1969
1877-1955, sculptor; medallist, French

Camus, Jean Marie

1877 - 1955
1825-1903, photographer, French

Tournachon, Adrien

1825 - 1903
1863-1933, spirit photographer, British

Hope, William

1863 - 1933
1864-1896, railway company, Jersey

Jersey Railways

1864 - 1936
1864-1959, submarine telegraph cable manufacturer, British

Telegraph Construction & Maintenance Co. Limited

1864 - 1959
1879-1941, poster artist, British

Gawthorn, Henry George

1879 - 1941
1844-1929, physician; surgeon; bacteriologist, Scottish; British

Ogston, Sir Alexander

1844 - 1929
1826-1902, active 1840s-1880s, naval officer; photographer; lyricist, British

Cheyne, John Powles

1826 - 1902
1871-1883, railway company, British

Scotswood, Newburn & Wylam Railway & Dock Company

1871 - 1883
1875-1949, aeronautical engineer; philosopher; author, British

Dunne, John William

1875 - 1949
1883-1991, telecommunications manufacturer, London

Standard Telephones and Cables PLC

1883 - 1991
1834-1897, physiologist, German

Heidenhain, Rudolf Peter Heinrich

1834 - 1897
1803-1882, artist; engraver; watercolour painter, British

Duncan, Edward

1803 - 1882
c. 1840, d. 1920, music composer; teacher; singer, British? active Italy, Spain, London

Slater, Edward

1840 - 1920
1848-1912, engraver; medallist, Italian

Giorgi, Luigi

1848 - 1912
1888-1969, Chief Engineer fof London & North Eastern Railway, England, Scottish

Train, Sir John Cumberland Landale

1888 - 1969
1824-1884, scientific instrument maker, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Scottish; British

White, James

1824 - 1884
c.1830-1919, manufacturer of dyestuffs; chemicals manufacturer, Huddersfield, England

Read Holliday and Sons Limited

1830 - 1919
active 1896-1930s, repairer and manufacturer of carts and vans, England

G Scammell and Nephew Limited

1896 - 1965
1816-1888, railway engineer; civil engineer, British

Crampton, Thomas Russell

1816 - 1888
1832-1907, surgeon, British; Scottish

Watson, Sir Patrick Heron

1832 - 1907
1811-1875, inventor; entrepreneur, American

Singer, Isaac Merritt

1811 - 1875
1843-1928, naval architect, British; English

Thornycroft, Sir John Isaac

1843 - 1928
1808-1874, inventor; ship's propeller patentee; marine engineer, England, British

Smith, Sir Francis Petit

1808 - 1874
1897-1956, research chemist, French

Joliot-Curie, Irene

1897 - 1956
1889-1976, physicist; meteorologist, British

Dobson, Gordon Miller Bourne

1889 - 1976
1854-1923, railway administrator, London

Brewer, John Jennings

1854 - 1923
1809-1903, astronomer; meteorologist, British

Glaisher, James

1809 - 1903
active 1865-1965, bell manufacturers, Whitechapel

Mears & Stainbank Founders

1865 - 1965
1845-1922, physician, French

Laveran, Charles Louis Alphonse

1845 - 1922
1831-1879, physicist, British

Maxwell, James Clerk

1831 - 1879
1862-1893, chemist, German

Sachse, Hermann

1862 - 1893
1828-1903, locomotive manufacturer, Manchester, England

Sharp Stewart and Company Limited

1828 - 1903
1815-1861, histologist; microscopist, English; British

Quekett, John Thomas

1815 - 1861