Occupation
Place born
Organisation / Person
1869-1986/7, optical instrument maker (microscope & cameras - Leica), Germany

E Leitz

1869 - 1987

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

Arnold and Sons

1829 - 1928

1888-1939, camera manufacturer, Altrincham

Thornton-Pickard Manufacturing Company

1888 - 1939

1844-1940, physicist; inventor, French

Branly, Edouard

1844 - 1940

1886-1926, optical instrument and camera manufacturer, Berlin

C P Goerz

1886 - 1926

inventor, cinematographer; 1876-1934; USA

Kelley, William Van Doren

1876 - 1934

1881-1952, manufacturer of measuring and testing machines, Leipzig, Germany

Louis Schopper

1881 - 1952

1851-1857, whaling ship, Mattapoisett, Massachusetts, American

Alice Mandell (1851)

1851 - 1857

c. 1864-1943, scientist; botanist; educator; inventor, African American

Carver, George Washington

1864 - 1943

1866-1943, co-founder and president of the Indian Motocycle Company, Connecticut, USA, American

Hendee, George N

1866 - 1943

1860-1984, Milton Bradley Company; taken over by Hasbro, Inc. 1984-, American

Milton Bradley Company

1860 - 1984

1852-1923, railway company, North America

Grand Trunk Railway

1852 - 1923

1879-1962, artist and photographer, French

Albin-Guillot, Laure

1879 - 1962

1828-1903, locomotive manufacturer, Manchester, England

Sharp Stewart and Company Limited

1828 - 1903

1887-1966, geophysicist; geodeist, Dutch

Vening Meinesz, Felix Andries

1887 - 1966

1856-1936, surgeon, British; English

Ballance, Sir Charles Alfred

1856 - 1936

1855-1941, physician; surgeon; historian, British

Power, Sir D'Arcy

1855 - 1941

1886-1997, power generation, electronics, manufacturing and broadcasting conglomerate, United States

Westinghouse Electric Corporation

1886 - 1997

1891-1901, photographic company, Ilford, England

The Britannia Works Company Limited

1891 - 1901

active 1869, inventor; engineer, American; Northern Irish born;

Rider, Alexander Kirk

1820 - 1893

1823-1914, railway administrator, England, British

Oakley, Sir Henry

1811 - 1914

1847-1854, railway company

York, Newcastle & Berwick Railway

1847 - 1854

1846-1862, ralway company,

Eastern Union Railway

1846 - 1862

1856-1865, railway company, United Kingdom

Maybole & Girvan Railway

1856 - 1865

1876-1953, railway company, Ireland

Great Northern Railway, Ireland

1876 - 1953

1836-1922, railway company, Wales

Taff Vale Railway

1836 - 1922

1836-1922, railway company, United Kingdom

Arbroath & Forfar Railway

1836 - 1922

1826-1922, railway company, Scotland, United Kingdom

Dundee & Newtyle Railway

1826 - 1922

1859-1922, railway company, Wales

Burry Port & Gwendraeth Valley Railway

1859 - 1922

1876-1987, manufacturer, Leeds

Greenbat

1876 - 1987

1836-1843, railway company, England, United Kingdom

Cheltenham & Great Western Union Railway

1836 - 1943

1864-1922, railway company, Scottish

Callander & Oban Railway

1864 - 1922

1862-1877, railway company, United Kingdom

Bala & Dolgelley Railway

1862 - 1877

1837-1847, railway company, Chester

Chester & Birkenhead Railway

1837 - 1847

1823-1910, railway company manager, British; English

Tennant, Henry

1823 - 1910

1864-1922, railway company, Wales

Cambrian Railways

1864 - 1922

1892-1951, railway company, United Kingdom

North Sunderland Railway

1892 - 1951

1855-1921, developer of moving pictures; photographer, British

Friese-Greene, William

1855 - 1921

1825-1922, railway company, United Kingdom

Liskeard & Looe Railway

1825 - 1922

1890-1922, railway company, Scotland, United Kingdom

Brechin & Edzell Railway

1890 - 1922

1852-1895, wife of William Friese-Greene, Swiss

Friese-Greene, Helena

1852 - 1895

1845 - 1923, railway company, Scotland

Great North of Scotland Railway

1845 - 1923

1874-1923, railway company, England, United Kingdom

Charnwood Forest Railway

1874 - 1923

1880-1922, railway company, Scotland, United Kingdom

Cathcart District Railway

1880 - 1922

1822-1892, mechanical engineer, Scots-Irish

Thomson, James

1822 - 1892

1838-1862, railway company, Scottish

Dundee & Arbroath Railway

1838 - 1880

1860-1862, railway company, Scotland, United Kingdom

Inverness & Ross-shire Railway

1860 - 1862

1862-1872, railway company, United Kingdom

Moretonhampstead & South Devon Railway

1862 - 1872

1830-1844, railway company, England

Canterbury & Whitstable Railway

1830 - 1844

1870-1874, railway company, United Kingdom

Barnstaple & Ilfracombe Railway

1870 - 1874