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

Lister, Joseph

1827 - 1912
1851-1926, physician; medical administrator; surgeon; writer, British

Cantlie, Sir James

1851 - 1926
1875-1969, meteorological, aviation & surveying instrument manufacturer, London, England

Short and Mason Limited

1875 - 1969
active 1828-1947, marine & aeronautical navigational instrument maker, London, England, British

Henry Hughes and Son Limited

1828 - 1947
1853-1941, photographer, British; English

Sutcliffe, Frank Meadow

1853 - 1941

Swan, Joseph Wilson

1828 - 1914
active 1851-1899(?), optician, meteorological, mathematical & philosophical instrument maker, London

Pastorelli and Company

1851 - 1899
active 1859 -1948, psychiatric hospital, Sussex, England

Brighton Mental Asylum

1859 - 1948
1845-c1955, optical instrument, lens and camera makers, Germany

Emil Busch AG

1845
1821-1895, optician, philosophical & photographic instrument maker, London, England

Ackland, William

1821 - 1895
1830-1872, anthropologist, British

Breeks, James Wilkinson

1830 - 1872
1819-1894, photographer, Scottish; British

Moffat, John

1819 - 1894
dedupe to Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway

1847 - 1923
1859-1890, manufacturer of photographic brass mats, Worcester, MA

Dean & Emerson

1859 - 1890
chemist, scientist, inventor

Eichengrun, Arthur

1867 - 1949
1869-1950, photographer, American

Brigman, Anne Wardrope

1869 - 1950
1851-1940, physicist, English; British

Lodge, Sir Oliver Joseph

1851 - 1940
active 1818-1856, optician, optical, mathematical & philosophical instrument maker, London, England

Watkins & Hill

1818 - 1856
1869-1949, scientific instrument and radio manufacturer, British

Pye, William George

1869 - 1949
1875-1951, automotive engineer, Austrian

Porsche, Ferdinand

1875 - 1951
1845-1860, railway company, United Kingdom

Oxford, Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway

1845 - 1860
1864-1944, geologist; museum director, British; English

Lyons, Sir Henry George

1864 - 1944
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
1870-1952, science and technology historian; Science Museum curator, British

Dickinson, Henry Winram

1870 - 1952
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
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
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
1858-1929, scientist; inventor, Austrian

Auer von Welsbach, Carl

1858 - 1929
1873-1953, artist; painter; landscapist; marine painter, English; British

Hughes, Robert Morson

1873 - 1953
1862-present, pen manufacturer, Birmingham

C. Brandauer & Co

1862
1839-1913, mechanical engineer, British

Daglish, George Heaton

1839 - 1913
1854, vessel; screw sloop

HMS Curlew (1854)

1854 - 1865
1861-1935, wrote letter in 1917 on 'les moteurs a petrole pour sous-marins', French

Rey, Jean Alexandre

1861 - 1935
1866-1962, worked as a chemist in Wales, German-born

Wolf, Hans Karl

1866 - 1962
1851-1930, professor of botany; reporter; editor, British; Scottish

Watt, Sir George

1851 - 1930
1870-1961, active 1917-1920 as Director of airship production and of munitions, British

Given, Ernest Cranstoun

1870 - 1961
1826-1898, civil engineer, British; English

Douglass, Sir James Nicholas

1826 - 1898
1849-1925, mathematician, Prussian; German

Klein, Christian Felix

1849 - 1925
1867-1949, Director of the 1917 Geological Survey of Egypt, British

Hume, William Fraser

1867 - 1949
1873-1948; electrical engineer; inventor; English; British.

Sydney George Brown

1873 - 1948