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1843-1877, soldier; photographer, British

Swiney, Captain Hugh Bladen

1843 - 1877
1871-1948, aviator; inventor, American

Wright, Orville

1871 - 1948
1873-1903, inventor, British

Turner, Edward Raymond

1873 - 1903
1817-1889, metallurgist; physician, British

Percy, John

1817 - 1889
active 1844-1929, patentee of the Lowne's portable spirometer, British

Lowne, Robert Mann

1844 - 1929
1824-1893, brewer, benefactor, Scottish, British

Walker, Sir Andrew Barclay

1824 - 1893
1866-1959, printer; publisher, London; Paris; New York

Raphael Tuck and Sons Limited

1866 - 1959
active 1850-1869, chartered civil engineer, England, British

Metford, William Ellis

1824 - 1899
active 1830s-1860s, sculptor; medallist, French

Vauthier-Gallé, Adrien

1818 - 1899
1853-1917, inventor; camera manufacturer; manufacturer of optical devices; camera retailer, Belgian

van Neck, Louis

1853 - 1917
1850-1923, surgeon, British; English

Harrison Cripps, William

1850 - 1923
1862-1928, naturalist, author and lecturer, British

Kearton, Richard

1862 - 1928
1867-1944,active 1890-1920s, inventor; scientific & medical instrument maker, Austrian

Castagna, Ludwig

1867 - 1944
1863-1939; artist, British

Carter, Sir William

1863 - 1939
1816-1896, textile merchant; telegraph entrepreneur; submarine communications cable pioneer, British; Scottish

Pender, Sir John

1816 - 1896
1821?-1897, active 1830-1853, etcher; draughtsman, British

Ashley, Alfred

1821 - 1897
c1840-1882, photographer, United States, Irish; American

O'Sullivan, Timothy H

1840 - 1882
1839-1897, optical instrument maker, German-born; British

Hilger, Adam

1839 - 1897
1886-1923, Met Office employee, RNVR Lieutenant, RAF Flight Lieutenant, British

Gendle, Albert Edgar

1809 - 1923
1862-1969, brand 1862-1988, confectionary manufacturer, British

Rowntree

1862 - 1988
1848-1903, engineer, English; British

Holt, Henry Percy

1848 - 1903
active 1840s, barometer maker, London

Pastorelli and Son

1848 - 1849
1872-1944, artist, photographer, France

Dubreuil, Pierre

1872 - 1944
1858-1932, marine boiler designer, English; British

Reed, Joseph W

1858 - 1932
1853-1967, tool manufacturers, Salford, England

Craven Brothers Limited

1853 - 1967
1842-1909, astronomical instrument maker, French

Gautier, Paul Ferdinand

1842 - 1909
1864-1950, photographer, British; English

Robinson, Alfred Hind

1864 - 1950
1823-1895, faience maker, French

J. Vieillard & Cie

1823 - 1895
1819-1901, queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 1837-1901, empress of India

Victoria

1819 - 1901
1868-1947, manufacturer of chemicals, Battersea, London, England

Whiffen and Sons Limited

1868 - 1947
1826-1891, photographer, Canadian

Notman, William

1826 - 1891
1873-1928, artist; painter; poster artist, British

Sims, Charles Henry

1873 - 1928
1872-1927, telegraph communications, United Kingdom

Eastern Telegraph Company

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

Wild, Charles Heard

1819 - 1857
1851-1923, locomotive engineer, British

Ivatt, Henry A

1851 - 1923
1851-1929, inventor, German-born; ethnically Jewish; American

Berliner, Emile

1851 - 1929
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
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
1834-1897, physiologist, German

Heidenhain, Rudolf Peter Heinrich

1834 - 1897
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
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
1816-1888, railway engineer; civil engineer, British

Crampton, Thomas Russell

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

Watson, Sir Patrick Heron

1832 - 1907