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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
1819-1889, photographer; inventor, French

Disdéri, André-Adolphe-Eugène

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

Mayall, John Jabez Edwin

1813 - 1901
1841-1880, active 1874, cycle manufacturer, inventor of ball bearing, British

Rudge, Daniel

1841 - 1880
1819-1999, submarine engineers, manufacturer of diving and breathing apparatus, United Kingdom

Siebe Gorman and Company Limited

1819 - 1999
1834-1864, publisher, High Holborn

John Weale

1834 - 1864
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
1867-1942, cinematographer; film producer, active England from about 1915, American

Urban, Charles

1867 - 1942
Photographer, Inventor

Warnerke, Leon

1837 - 1900
1824-1889, engraver; etcher; artist; printmaker, English; British

Barlow, Thomas Oldham

1824 - 1889
1855-1944, physicist; inventor, English; British

Boys, Sir Charles Vernon

1855 - 1944

Cudworth, William John

1848 - 1909
1860-1922, railway company, United Kingdom

East Coast Joint Stock Railway

1860 - 1922
1862-1982, manufacturer, Chicago

Pullman Car Company

1862 - 1982
c. 1875 -1998, manufacturer of ceramics, Burslem, England

Dunn, Bennett and Company Limited

1878 - 1998
1832-1891, inventor; engineer, German

Otto, Nikolaus August

1832 - 1891
1856-1999, manufacturer of phosphorous; manufacturer of chemicals, Oldbury, England

Albright and Wilson Limited

1856 - 1999
1846-1920, jeweller, Russian

Fabergé, Peter Carl

1846 - 1920
1834-1912, photographer, English; British

Bourne, Samuel

1834 - 1912
1871-1913, trade union, British

Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants

1871 - 1913
1864-1944, geologist; museum director, British; English

Lyons, Sir Henry George

1864 - 1944
1812-1890, organ builder; bicycle designer, German

Fischer, Philipp Moritz

1812 - 1890
1819-1904, marine artist, British; English

Hayes, Edwin

1819 - 1904
1843-1913, educational reformer; politician, British

Stuart, James

1843 - 1913
1867-1943, aeronautical pioneer; balloonist; meteorologist, British

Alexander, Patrick Young

1867 - 1943
1812-1889, engineer; astronomer, British; Scottish

Newall, Robert Stirling

1812 - 1889
1870-1952, science and technology historian; Science Museum curator, British

Dickinson, Henry Winram

1870 - 1952
1810-1882, photographer, British; Welsh

Llewelyn, John Dillwyn

1810 - 1882
1831-1916, mathematician, Fellow of Trinity College Cambridge, British; English

Wilkinson, Michael Marlow Umfreville

1831 - 1916
1872-1942, astronomer, American

Curtis, Heber Doust

1872 - 1942
active 1829-1830s, iron founder; anchor smith; marine engine maker; civil engineer, Bristol, England

William Daniel and William Edward Acraman

1829 - 1842
1877-1963, farmer; engineer, British; English

Hosier, Arthur Julius

1877 - 1963
1858-1939, journalist; politician, British; English

Norman, Sir Henry

1858 - 1939
1820-1897, engineer, British; Scottish

Kirkaldy, David

1820 - 1897
1824-1886, engineer, British

Ordish, Rowland Mason

1824 - 1886
1862-1912, mechanical engineer, German?

Zodel, Louis

1862 - 1912
1813-1899, mechanical engineer, British

Jackson, Peter Rothwell

1813 - 1899
1854-1932, inventor; businessman, American

Eastman, George

1854 - 1932
1833-1911, civil engineering contractor, British

Aird, Sir John

1833 - 1911
silversmiths, Sheffield

W S Savage and Company

1876 - 1929
1820-1896, civil engineer, England, British

Margary, Peter John

1820 - 1896
1873-1953, artist; painter; landscapist; marine painter, English; British

Hughes, Robert Morson

1873 - 1953
1858-1929, scientist; inventor, Austrian

Auer von Welsbach, Carl

1858 - 1929
1810-1896, photographer, Scottish; British

Collie, William

1810 - 1896