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1818-1906, King of Denmark

Christian IX

1818 - 1906
1814-1894, civil engineer, British

Clark, Edwin

1814 - 1894
1870-1942, physicist, French

Perrin, Jean Baptiste

1870 - 1942
1861-1932, missionary, British

Roscoe, John

1861 - 1932
1831-1896, reign 1848-1896, shah of Persia, Persian

Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar

1831 - 1896
1854-1931, engineer; scientist, British; English

Parsons, Sir Charles Algernon

1854 - 1931
1855-1932, inventor; manufacturer, American

Gillette, King Camp

1855 - 1932
1872-1961, chemist, British; English

Travers, Morris William

1872 - 1961
film promoter and early cinema technician

Rector, Enoch J

1863 - 1957
1812-1899, civil engineer; railway engineer, British?

Brunton, John

1812 - 1899
1812-1895, physician; surgeon, French

Marjolin, Rene

1812 - 1895
1848-1929, first baronet, brewer and railway manager, England, British

Bonsor, Henry Cosmo Orme

1848 - 1929
1865-1965, locomotive manufacturer, Sheffield

Yorkshire Engine Company

1865 - 1965
1842-1921, printers, Carlisle

Scott and Benson

1842 - 1921
1863-1948, railway company, Argentina

Central Argentine Railway

1863 - 1948
1855-1916, artist; painter, Czech

Kregczy, Edmund

1855 - 1916
1830-1895, professor of chemistry, German

Meyer, Lothar

1830 - 1895
1811-1889, photographer, French

Ferrier, Claude-Marie

1811 - 1889
1826-1911, physicist; university administrator, Irish

Stoney, George Johnstone

1826 - 1911
1850-1913, geologist and seismologist, English; British

Milne, John

1850 - 1913
1863-1944, chemist; inventor, Belgian; American

Baekeland, Leo Hendrik

1863 - 1944
1822-1911, biostatistician, human geneticist & eugenicist, English, British

Galton, Sir Francis

1822 - 1911
1857-1869, locomotive manufacturer, New Cross

G England and Company

1857 - 1869
1852-1925, bicycle designer; company promoter, British; English

Lawson, Henry John

1852 - 1925
1815-1889, active 1836-1889, chemist; astronomer, British; English

Rue, Warren de la

1815 - 1889
1862-1932, chemist; educator, British

Eiloart, Arnold

1862 - 1932
1835-1847, railway company, United Kingdom

London & Croydon Railway

1835 - 1847
1816-1888, industrialist; optical instrument manufacturer, German

Zeiss, Carl

1816 - 1888
1848-1896, civil engineer; aviation pioneer, German

Lilienthal, Otto

1848 - 1896
1835-1917, chemist, German

Baeyer, Adolf von

1835 - 1917
1856-1932, manufacturer; inventor, British

Beard, Robert Royou

1856 - 1932
1834-1882, astronomer; astrophysicist, German

Zollner, Johann Karl Friedrich

1834 - 1882
1855-1929, physician; surgeon, British

Bowlby, Sir Alfred Anthony

1855 - 1929
1809 -1891, active 1832-1872, maker of steam locomotive, British

Allan, Alexander

1809 - 1891
1826-1909, active 1865-1891, artist, British

Dudley, Robert Charles

1826 - 1909
1870-1937, naval architect, English; British

Isherwood, Joseph William

1870 - 1937
1868-1938, astronomer, American

Hale, George Ellery

1868 - 1938
1855-1921, developer of moving pictures; photographer, British

Friese-Greene, William

1855 - 1921
1849-1924, physician; geologist, British

MacCulloch, William Mansell

1849 - 1924
1843-1907, medallist; die-engraver, British; English

Wyon, Allan

1843 - 1907
1819-1884, photographer; writer, British

Hughes, Cornelius Jabez

1819 - 1884
1856-1937, photographer and inventor, American

Ives, Frederic Eugene

1856 - 1937
1857-1933, railway engineer, British

Churchward, George Jackson

1857 - 1933
1867-1919, naval architect, England, British

Wortley, Henry Bell

1867 - 1919
1829 or 1831-1900, teacher; telegraphic engineer, British

Hughes, David Edward

1831 - 1900
1806-1879, chemist, German

Mohr, Karl Friedrich

1806 - 1879
1826-1884, journalist; playwright, English; British

Jerrold, (William) Blanchard

1826 - 1884
1829-1901, physician; chemist, German

Thudichum, John Louis William

1829 - 1901
1849-1897, engineer; patentee, British

Blechynden, Alfred

1849 - 1897
1855-1951, railway company, Indian

Bombay, Baroda & Central India Railway

1855 - 1951