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

Rowntree

1862 - 1988
1927-current (2007); manufacturer of electrical equipment

Crompton Parkinson Limited

1827
1836-1917, physician, British

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett

1836 - 1917

Ayrton, Hertha

1854 - 1923

Nightingale, Florence

1820 - 1910

Fowler, William Henry

1807 - 1904

Hume, William Fraser

1867 - 1949
1843-1923, Railway company, Scotland

Caledonian Railway

1843 - 1923
1819-1868, dentist who used anaesthetic; physician, American

Morton, William Thomas Green

1819 - 1868
active 1828-1947, marine & aeronautical navigational instrument maker, London, England, British

Henry Hughes and Son Limited

1828 - 1947
1852-1916, teacher, physicist; photographer, British

Worthington, Arthur Mason

1852 - 1916

Chapman Jones, Henry

1854 - 1932
1827-1912, surgeon; physician; developer of a system of antiseptic surgery, English; British

Lister, Joseph

1827 - 1912
1844-1968, tobacco manufacturer, Spitalfields, London, England

Godfrey Phillips Limited

1844 - 1968

Grover, Charles

1842 - 1902
1839-1932, shipping company, British

Royal Mail Steam Packet Company

1839 - 1932
1838-1907, chemist, English; British

Perkin, Sir William Henry

1838 - 1907
active 1871-1959, manufactuer of sewing machines; manufacturer of calculating machines, Braunschweig, Germany

Grimme Natalis and Co

1871 - 1959
active c. 1894-1968, optical instrument maker, London, England

R and J Beck Limited

1867 - 1968
active 1829-1895, microbiologist; chemist, French

Pasteur, Louis

1822 - 1895
1843-1910, microbiologist and Nobel prize winner, German

Koch, Robert

1843 - 1910
1861-1968, manufacturer of ceramics, Hanley, England

G L Ashworth and Brothers Limited

1861 - 1968
1844-1918, inventor, artist, France

Reynaud, Charles-Emile

1844 - 1918
active 1853-1921, optical, mathematical, philosophical & electrical inst. maker, London, England

Elliott Brothers

1853 - 1921
1872-1981, clock and electrical equipment manufacturer, Leicester, England

Gents' of Leicester

1872 - 1981
1898-1915, magazine, English; British

The Girl's Realm

1811 - 1911
1859-1940, painter; artist; poster artist, British

Petrie, Graham

1859 - 1940
active 1866-1926, camera manufacturer, Blackheath, London, England

W Butcher and Sons

1866 - 1926
1833 - 1883, inventor; engineer, British; English

Vansittart, Henrietta

1833 - 1883
c.1863 - 1946, surgical instrument maker, London, England

Down Bros and Mayer and Phelps Limited

1863
1845-c1955, optical instrument, lens and camera makers, Germany

Emil Busch AG

1845
active 1890s?-1945, optical instrument maker, Jena, Germany

Carl Zeiss, Jena

1846
1846-, iron founder, West Bromwich, England

Joseph and Jesse Siddons

1846
active 1867-?, surgical instrument maker, Tuttlingen, Germany

Jetter and Scheerer

1867

Buckland, Francis Trevelyan

1826 - 1880

Corbett, Joseph

1842 - 1913

Brewer, Griffith

1867 - 1948

Watson, John

1816 - 1862

Hind, John Russell (FRS FAS)

1823 - 1895

Barrow Ship Building Company Limited

1871 - 1897

Shallcross Stone, Flora

1851 - 1875

Hughes, Thomas McKenny

1832 - 1917

Mergenthaler, Ottmar

1854 - 1899

Perkin, Sir William Henry

1838 - 1907

Hackworth, Esther Ann

1862 - 1917

Young, Jane

1831 - 1914

Hopkinson, John (FRS)

1849 - 1898

Burden, Harold Nelson

1860 - 1930

Sherrington, Charles Scott

1857 - 1952

Mudd, James

1821 - 1906