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

Cantlie, Sir James

1851 - 1926
1827-1912, surgeon; physician; developer of a system of antiseptic surgery, English; British

Lister, Joseph

1827 - 1912
active 1828-1947, marine & aeronautical navigational instrument maker, London, England, British

Henry Hughes and Son Limited

1828 - 1947
1821-1895, optician, philosophical & photographic instrument maker, London, England

Ackland, William

1821 - 1895
1836-1917, physician, British

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett

1836 - 1917

Manchester Corporation Waterworks

1848 - 1971
1847-1922, teacher of deaf people; inventor of telephone, Scottish; American

Bell, Alexander Graham

1847 - 1922

Burnaby, Sherrard Beaumont

1831 - 1902
1856-1937, photographer and inventor, American

Ives, Frederic Eugene

1856 - 1937
1838-1907, chemist, English; British

Perkin, Sir William Henry

1838 - 1907
1841-1914, inventor of a semi-automatic bottle-making machine, British

Ashley, Howard Matravers

1841 - 1914
active 1829-1895, microbiologist; chemist, French

Pasteur, Louis

1822 - 1895
1853-1863, manufacturer of sewing machines and surgical needles, American

Singer Manufacturing Company

1853 - 1863
1850s- 1976, pharmaceutical chemist; optician, Leeds, England

Reynolds and Branson Limited

1852 - 1976
1820-1962, periodical and magazine, London

John Bull Magazine

1820 - 1962

Swan, Joseph Wilson

1828 - 1914

Hooper and Company (Coachbuilders) Limited

1846 - 1859

Science and Art Department

1853 - 1899
1832-1914, artist, British

Ascroft, William

1832 - 1914
1850-1991, pressure gauge manufacturer, German

Schaeffer and Budenberg Ltd.

1850 - 1991
1835-1992, lithographer; engraver; printer, Glasgow

MacLure and MacDonald

1835 - 1992
1829-1901, physiologist, German

Fick, Adolf Eugen

1829 - 1901
c.1826 - 1989, map maker, Edinburgh

The Edinburgh Geographical Institute

1826 - 1989
1846-1959, coachbuilder, London

Hooper and Company (Coachbuilders) Limited

1846 - 1859
1837-c.1969, optical instrument manufacturer, London, England

W Watson and Sons Limited

1837 - 1969
1835-1948, railway company, British

Great Western Railway

1835 - 1948
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
active 1851-1950, globe maker; mathematical & scientific instrument maker; optician, London, England, British

Newton and Company Limited

1851
1824-1914, science writer; aeronaut, French

Fonvielle, Wilfrid de

1824 - 1914
c. 1828-1889?, apprenticed 1844 to Brumby & Middleton, merchants & factors of Sheffield, British

Sawyer, John Robert Mather

1828 - 1889
1849-1907 artist; caricaturist for Vanity Fair, French

Chartran, Theobald

1849 - 1907
1835-present, journal, British

Railway Gazette International

1835
active 1878-1911, scientific instrument manufacturer, London, England

Hicks, James Joseph

1837 - 1916
1841-1880, active 1874, cycle manufacturer, inventor of ball bearing, British

Rudge, Daniel

1841 - 1880
1834-1864, publisher, High Holborn

John Weale

1834 - 1864
1854-1920, US army physician and surgeon, American

Gorgas, William Crawford

1854 - 1920
1850-1971, optics manufacturer, Bromley

Wray Optical Works Ltd.

1850 - 1971
1842-1877, manufacturers, London

Parker Field & Sons

1842 - 1877
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
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
1837-1846, railway company, United Kingdom

Manchester & Birmingham Railway

1837 - 1846
1843-1913, educational reformer; politician, British

Stuart, James

1843 - 1913
1831-1916, mathematician, Fellow of Trinity College Cambridge, British; English

Wilkinson, Michael Marlow Umfreville

1831 - 1916