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

Lister, Joseph

1827 - 1912
1838-1907, chemist, English; British

Perkin, Sir William Henry

1838 - 1907
1818-1865, physician, Hungarian

Semmelweis, Ignaz Philipp

1818 - 1865

Parkes, Alexander

1813 - 1890
active 1829-1895, microbiologist; chemist, French

Pasteur, Louis

1822 - 1895

Swan, Joseph Wilson

1828 - 1914
active 1834-1981, manufacturers of glass, Barnsley, England

Wood Brothers Glass Company Limited

1834 - 1981
1819-1868, dentist who used anaesthetic; physician, American

Morton, William Thomas Green

1819 - 1868

Gooch, Daniel

1816 - 1889
active 1868-1968, optical instrument maker; clock maker, Manchester, England

Thomas Armstrong and Brother

1868 - 1968
1815-1852, mathematician; computer pioneer, British

Lovelace, Ada

1815 - 1852
1863-1944, chemist; inventor, Belgian; American

Baekeland, Leo Hendrik

1863 - 1944
1828-1918, manufacturer of engines; manufacturer of agricultural machinery, Grantham, England

R. Hornsby and Sons Limited

1828 - 1918
active c. 1894-1968, optical instrument maker, London, England

R and J Beck Limited

1867 - 1968
active 1828-1947, marine & aeronautical navigational instrument maker, London, England, British

Henry Hughes and Son Limited

1828 - 1947
1843-1910, microbiologist and Nobel prize winner, German

Koch, Robert

1843 - 1910
1832-1909, photographer, Venetian born, active England, British

Beato, Felice

1825 - 1909
1830-present (2011), supplier of garage tools and equipment, London, England, British

Buck and Hickman Limited

1830
1827-1894, active 1854, sewing machine manufacturer, British

Wilson, William Newton

1827 - 1894
1845-c. 1955, lens manufacturer; scientific instrument maker, Paris, France

Lerebours et Secretan

1845 - 1955

Maxim, Hiram Stevens

1840 - 1916

W and T Avery Limited

1813 - 1979
1836 or 1837-1911, carriage and wagon superintendent, British; English

Whitelegg, Thomas

1836 - 1911
1812-1887, journalist; author; playwright, British.

Mayhew, Henry

1812 - 1887
1836-1917, physician, British

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett

1836 - 1917
1825-about 1980s, manufacturer, West Bromwich, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, British

George Salter and Company

1825 - 1990
1837-c.1969, optical instrument manufacturer, London, England

W Watson and Sons Limited

1837 - 1969
c.1863 - 1946, surgical instrument maker, London, England

Down Bros and Mayer and Phelps Limited

1863
1826 - active (2009), medallist; engraver, Edinburgh, Scotland

Alexander Kirkwood and Son

1826
1845-c1955, optical instrument, lens and camera makers, Germany

Emil Busch AG

1845
1842-, manufacturer of ceramics, Burslem, England

John Maddock and Sons Limited

1842
1821-c 1983, optical and precision instrument maker, Munich, Germany

T Ertel und Sohn

1821

Buckland, Francis Trevelyan

1826 - 1880

Corbett, Joseph

1842 - 1913

Brewer, Griffith

1867 - 1948

Smiles, Samuel

1812 - 1904

Watson, John

1816 - 1862

Hind, John Russell (FRS FAS)

1823 - 1895

Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham

1810 - 1897

Shallcross Stone, Flora

1851 - 1875

Hughes, Thomas McKenny

1832 - 1917

Bentall, Edward Hammond

1814 - 1898

Hume, William Fraser

1867 - 1949

Jennings, George

1810 - 1882

Nightingale, Florence

1820 - 1910

Ayrton, Hertha

1854 - 1923

Chapman Jones, Henry

1854 - 1932

Hackworth, Esther Ann

1862 - 1917

Ramsay, Andrew Crombie

1814 - 1891

Hopkinson, John (FRS)

1849 - 1898