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Pease, Sir Joseph Whitwell (1828-1903) 1st Baronet Businessman and MP

1828 - 1903
1836-1917, physician, British

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett

1836 - 1917

Hosier, Arthur Julius

1877 - 1963

Ayrton, Hertha

1854 - 1923
1827-1912, surgeon; physician; developer of a system of antiseptic surgery, English; British

Lister, Joseph

1827 - 1912

Nightingale, Florence

1820 - 1910

Fowler, William Henry

1807 - 1904
1875-1969, meteorological, aviation & surveying instrument manufacturer, London, England

Short and Mason Limited

1875 - 1969
1838-1907, chemist, English; British

Perkin, Sir William Henry

1838 - 1907

Gresley, Sir Nigel (1876-1941), engineer

1876 - 1941

Hume, William Fraser

1867 - 1949
active 1828-1947, marine & aeronautical navigational instrument maker, London, England, British

Henry Hughes and Son Limited

1828 - 1947
1829-1901, physiologist, German

Fick, Adolf Eugen

1829 - 1901
1845-c1955, optical instrument, lens and camera makers, Germany

Emil Busch AG

1845
active c. 1894-1968, optical instrument maker, London, England

R and J Beck Limited

1867 - 1968

Chapman Jones, Henry

1854 - 1932
c. 1850-2005, printer, Manchester, England

Peter Stone and Company (Printers) Manchester

1850 - 2005

Swan, Joseph Wilson

1828 - 1914
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
1857-about 1948, manufacturer of sewing machines, American

Willcox and Gibbs Sewing Machine Company

1857
1842-, manufacturer of ceramics, Burslem, England

John Maddock and Sons Limited

1842
1846-, iron founder, West Bromwich, England

Joseph and Jesse Siddons

1846

Macadie, Donald

1871 - 1956
1839-1932, shipping company, British

Royal Mail Steam Packet Company

1839 - 1932
1847-1966, manufacturer of ceramics, Stoke on Trent, England

W T Copeland and Sons Limited

1847 - 1966
1850s-1972, publisher, London, England

Crosby Lockwood and Company

1850 - 1972
active 1824-1963, glass manufacturer, Smethwick, Staffordshire, England, British

Chance Brothers Limited

1824 - 1963
active 1829-1895, microbiologist; chemist, French

Pasteur, Louis

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

Koch, Robert

1843 - 1910
1842-1978, camera and film manufacturer, Binghamton, N.Y.

Ansco

1842 - 1967
1826-1887, physician; neurologist; physiologist, French

Vulpian, Edme Felix Alfred

1826 - 1887
active 1830/31-1925, optical instrument maker, English; British

Browning, John

1830 - 1925
1877-1926, manufacturer of explosives, Ardeer, Scotland

Nobel's Explosives Company Limited

1877 - 1926
1850-1888, electrical engineer; inventor; patentee, French

Gaulard, Lucien

1850 - 1888
1827-1894, active 1854, sewing machine manufacturer, British

Wilson, William Newton

1827 - 1894
1869-1986/7, optical instrument maker (microscope & cameras - Leica), Germany

E Leitz

1869 - 1987
active 1832-1922, optician & mathematical instrument maker, Dublin, Ireland

Yeates and Son

1832 - 1922
active 1829-1928, surgical instrument maker, London, England, British

Arnold and Sons

1829 - 1928
1844-1968, tobacco manufacturer, Spitalfields, London, England

Godfrey Phillips Limited

1844 - 1968
1857-1960s?, manufacturer of laundry machines and appliances, Manchester, England

Thomas Bradford and Company

1850 - 1991
1837-c.1969, optical instrument manufacturer, London, England

W Watson and Sons Limited

1837 - 1969
active 1853-1921, optical, mathematical, philosophical & electrical inst. maker, London, England

Elliott Brothers

1853 - 1921

Lilienthal, Otto

1848 - 1896
1854/5-1922, trapeze artist, aeronaut, acrobat, American

Dare, Leona

1855 - 1922
1838-1903, mechanical and chemical engineer, British

Fox, Samson

1838 - 1903
1862-1943, poster artist; book illustrator, British

Goble, Warwick

1862 - 1943
1872-1953, artist; sculptor; medallist, English; British

Bayes, Gilbert

1872 - 1953
active 1834-1981, manufacturers of glass, Barnsley, England

Wood Brothers Glass Company Limited

1834 - 1981
1842-1926, active 1863-1909, chemist, British; English

Tilden, Sir William Augustus

1842 - 1926