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1899-1971, inventor; engineer, Swiss

Reutter, Jean-Léon

1899 - 1971
1902-1964, poster artist, Australian

Trompf, Percival

1902 - 1964
1851-1923, locomotive engineer, British

Ivatt, Henry A

1851 - 1923
1900-1990, industrial designer, German

Wagenfeld, Wilhelm

1900 - 1990
1883-1928, light bulb filament manufacturer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Royal Ediswan

1883 - 1928
1851-1929, inventor, German-born; ethnically Jewish; American

Berliner, Emile

1851 - 1929
1879-1959, aviator; aircraft manufacturer; British; English

Grahame-White, Claude

1879 - 1959
1880-1969, artist; poster artist, British

Flint, Sir William Russell

1880 - 1969
1877-1955, sculptor; medallist, French

Camus, Jean Marie

1877 - 1955
1825-1903, photographer, French

Tournachon, Adrien

1825 - 1903
1863-1933, spirit photographer, British

Hope, William

1863 - 1933
1904-1958, artist; poster artist; writer, British

Bone, Stephen

1904 - 1958
1864-1896, railway company, Jersey

Jersey Railways

1864 - 1936
1864-1959, submarine telegraph cable manufacturer, British

Telegraph Construction & Maintenance Co. Limited

1864 - 1959
1879-1941, poster artist, British

Gawthorn, Henry George

1879 - 1941
1826-1902, active 1840s-1880s, naval officer; photographer; lyricist, British

Cheyne, John Powles

1826 - 1902
1844-1929, physician; surgeon; bacteriologist, Scottish; British

Ogston, Sir Alexander

1844 - 1929
1871-1883, railway company, British

Scotswood, Newburn & Wylam Railway & Dock Company

1871 - 1883
1883-1991, telecommunications manufacturer, London

Standard Telephones and Cables PLC

1883 - 1991
1834-1897, physiologist, German

Heidenhain, Rudolf Peter Heinrich

1834 - 1897
c. 1840, d. 1920, music composer; teacher; singer, British? active Italy, Spain, London

Slater, Edward

1840 - 1920
1848-1912, engraver; medallist, Italian

Giorgi, Luigi

1848 - 1912
1888-1969, Chief Engineer fof London & North Eastern Railway, England, Scottish

Train, Sir John Cumberland Landale

1888 - 1969
1824-1884, scientific instrument maker, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Scottish; British

White, James

1824 - 1884
c.1830-1919, manufacturer of dyestuffs; chemicals manufacturer, Huddersfield, England

Read Holliday and Sons Limited

1830 - 1919
active 1896-1930s, repairer and manufacturer of carts and vans, England

G Scammell and Nephew Limited

1896 - 1965
1832-1907, surgeon, British; Scottish

Watson, Sir Patrick Heron

1832 - 1907
1843-1928, naval architect, British; English

Thornycroft, Sir John Isaac

1843 - 1928
1897-1948, optical, mathematical & philosophical instrument maker, London, England

Ross Limited

1897 - 1948
1889-1976, physicist; meteorologist, British

Dobson, Gordon Miller Bourne

1889 - 1976
1897-1956, research chemist, French

Joliot-Curie, Irene

1897 - 1956
1854-1923, railway administrator, London

Brewer, John Jennings

1854 - 1923
active 1865-1965, bell manufacturers, Whitechapel

Mears & Stainbank Founders

1865 - 1965
1845-1922, physician, French

Laveran, Charles Louis Alphonse

1845 - 1922
1831-1879, physicist, British

Maxwell, James Clerk

1831 - 1879
1862-1893, chemist, German

Sachse, Hermann

1862 - 1893
1850-1922, medallist, Swedish

Högel, August

1850 - 1922
1828-1903, locomotive manufacturer, Manchester, England

Sharp Stewart and Company Limited

1828 - 1903
1898-1903, locomotive manufacturer, Glasgow

Neilson Reid and Company

1898 - 1903
1881-1957, artist, British

Aitken, John E

1881 - 1957
1820-1910, photographer; caricaturist; journalist; novelist; balloonist, French

Nadar, Félix

1820 - 1910
1824-1888, inventor, American

Wilson, Allen

1824 - 1888
1829-1904, geologist; astronomer, British; Welsh

Roberts, Isaac

1829 - 1904
1821-1902, physician; pathologist; anthropologist, German

Virchow, Rudolf Ludwig Karl

1821 - 1902
photographer; 1898-1988; Ireland; UK

Chambre, Edward

1898 - 1988
1901-1990, artist, British

Burley, David William

1901 - 1990
1842-1919, dermatologist, French

Hallopeau, Francois Henri

1842 - 1919
1859-1927, chemist, Swedish

Arrhenius, Svante August

1859 - 1927
1868-1948, chemist; antiquary; collector, English; British

Gabb, George Hugh

1868 - 1948
1834-1904, Siebe & Gorman Company founder member, Limerick, Irish

Gorman, William Augustus

1834 - 1904