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1859 machine tools maker, Salford, Yorkshire, England, British

Smith and Coventry Limited

1859 - 1929
1921-1958, artist, UK, British

Henry, Desmond Paul

1921 - 2004
1880-1961, artist; painter; etcher, Scottish; British

Aiken, John MacDonald

1880 - 1961
1926-1999, manufacturer of pharmaceutical products, England

Bengue and Company Limited

1926 - 1999
1878-1965, nurse to the Brookes of Sarawak, British

Fitchett, Ruth

1878 - 1965
1852-1926, engine fitter; LNWR engine driver, Westbury, Stafford, Staffordshire, England, British

Stainton, George

1852 - 1926
1894-1989, Matsushita companies and Panasonic brand name founder, Osaka, Japan, Japanese

Matsushita, Konosuke

1894 - 1989
1857-1865, railway company, Scottish

Inverness & Aberdeen Junction Railway

1857 - 1865
1813-1897, zoologist, Danish, Denmark

Steenstrup, Johannes Japetus Smith

1813 - 1897
1944; railway employee, railway engineer, railway engineering manager, railway company director

Rollin, David

1944 - 2021
1899-1910, watchmaker, Prescot, England

Lancashire Watch Company Limited

1899 - 1910
1916-1918, admiral class battlecruiser, British

HMS Howe (1918)

1916 - 1918
1876-c.1975, engineering company, Manchester

Royles Ltd.

1876 - 1975
professional engineer, pianist, broadcasting star, writer

Wayne, Arthur

1905 - 1971
English sewing machine company established in Audenshawe, Manchester in 1859

Jones Sewing Machine Company Limited

1859 - 1968
1933-1950, audio equipment designer and manufacturer, England

Voigt Patents Limited

1933 - 1950
1892-1965, musician; broadcaster, Britain

Harrison, Beatrice

1892 - 1965
1820-1889; engineer; geographer; India; Scottish

Yule, Colonel Sir Henry

1820 - 1889
1899-1931, aviator; naval officer, French

Brix, Joseph Le

1899 - 1931
1883-1959, medallist, French

Canale, Victor S

1883 - 1959
American; birth control advocate; nurse

Sanger, Margaret

1878 - 1966
1806-1849, physician; poet; philosopher, Austrian

Feuchtersleben, Baron Ernst von

1806 - 1849
1810-1867, sculptor; medallist, Swedish

Quarnstrom, Carl Gustav

1810 - 1867
1857-1937, professor of chemistry, British

Young, Sydney

1857 - 1937
1804-1882, medallist, French

Borrel, Valentin Maurice

1804 - 1882
1807-1877, sculptor, British

Weekes, Henry

1807 - 1877
1816-1903, engraver, British, United Kingdom

Papprill, Henry

1816 - 1903
1814-1878, physician; physicist, German

Mayer, Julius Robert von

1814 - 1878
orthopaedic surgeon; British; Civilian Consultant in Orthopaedic Surgery to the RAF

Watson-Jones, Reginald

1902 - 1972
1916-2004; physicist; worked with Crick, Watson, & Franklin on structure of DNA

Wilkins, Maurice

1916 - 2004
1935-1977, manufacturer of aircraft, Prestwick, Scotland

Scottish Aviation Limited

1935 - 1977
1835-1916, psychiatrist, French

Magnan, Valentin

1835 - 1916
1867-1943, dye manufacturer, chemist, Scottish

Morton, James

1867 - 1943
1807-1866, gem engraver; medallist, Swedish born; French

Salmson, Jean Baptiste

1807 - 1866
1822-1887, mining engineer; metallurgist, British

Phillips, John Arthur

1900 - 1887
physician, educator, sculptor, athlete

McKenzie, R. Tait

1867 - 1938
1837-1936, physician; pathologist; hygienist, French

Brouardel, Paul Camille Hippolyte

1837 - 1906
?1871-1938, medallist, German

Bosselt, Rudolf

1871 - 1938
1851-1916, professor of chemistry, German

Hempel, Walther

1851 - 1916
c. 1865-1933, physician, British?

Bailey, Dr. Henry James

1865 - 1933
1860-1948, biologist; mathematician; classics scholar, Scottish

Thompson, D'Arcy Wentworth

1860 - 1948
1848-1926, professor of chemistry, Austrian

Soxhlet, Franz von

1848 - 1926
1893-1950, mathematical tabulator, computer scientist, New Zealand; British

Comrie, Dr. Leslie John

1893 - 1950
British; sculptor; 1813–1862

Thomas, John

1813 - 1862
1854-1897, engineer; aeronaut, Swedish

Andree, Salomon August

1854 - 1897
1922; railway preservationist; photographer; writer; publisher; film producer

Whitehouse, Patrick

1922 - 1993
1852-1931, active in field of anaesthesiology

Tyrrell, Walter

1852 - 1931

Schofield, James Stewart

1917 - 2000
1896-1993, scientist; inventor; patentee, Moscow, Russia, Russian

Theremin, Leon

1896 - 1993
1811-1832, Duke of Reichstadt, Emperor of the French

Bonaparte, Napoleon Francis Joseph Charles

1811 - 1832