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

Lister, Joseph

1827 - 1912
1838-1907, chemist, English; British

Perkin, Sir William Henry

1838 - 1907

Norman, Henry (first baronet)

1858 - 1939
active 1828-1947, marine & aeronautical navigational instrument maker, London, England, British

Henry Hughes and Son Limited

1828 - 1947
1836-1917, physician, British

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett

1836 - 1917
1845-c1955, optical instrument, lens and camera makers, Germany

Emil Busch AG

1845
1852-1926, amateur photographer, brewer, British

Adams, Edgar Tarry

1852 - 1926
1857-1969, optical instrument makers (microscope), London, England

James Swift and Son Limited

1857 - 1969
active 1829-1895, microbiologist; chemist, French

Pasteur, Louis

1822 - 1895
1851-1922, artist; 'Spy' caricaturist for Vanity Fair magazine from 1873-1911, British

Ward, Sir Leslie

1851 - 1922
1839-1902, manufacturing jeweller; goldsmith; silversith, London, England

Phillips Brothers and Sons

1839 - 1902
c.1829-1905, active from 1857, photographer, French, active in Asia

Mallitte, Oscar Jean Baptiste

1829 - 1905

Swan, Joseph Wilson

1828 - 1914
active 1834-1981, manufacturers of glass, Barnsley, England

Wood Brothers Glass Company Limited

1834 - 1981
active 1859 -1948, psychiatric hospital, Sussex, England

Brighton Mental Asylum

1859 - 1948
active 1851-1875, optician, mathematical & philosophical instrument maker, Liverpool, England

A Abraham and Company

1851 - 1890
1829-1901, physiologist, German

Fick, Adolf Eugen

1829 - 1901
1837-c.1969, optical instrument manufacturer, London, England

W Watson and Sons Limited

1837 - 1969
1857-1960s?, manufacturer of laundry machines and appliances, Manchester, England

Thomas Bradford and Company

1850 - 1991
1838-current , shipping company, United Kingdom; Canada

The Cunard Line

1838
1857-about 1948, manufacturer of sewing machines, American

Willcox and Gibbs Sewing Machine Company

1857
active 1851-1950, globe maker; mathematical & scientific instrument maker; optician, London, England, British

Newton and Company Limited

1851
active 1832-1922, optician & mathematical instrument maker, Dublin, Ireland

Yeates and Son

1832 - 1922
1838-1900, meteorologist, British

Symons, George James

1838 - 1900
active 1900-1912, physician, British

Alabone, Edwin William

1848 - 1913
1859-1897, optical, mathematical & philosophical instrument maker, London, England, British

Ross and Company

1859 - 1897
1854-1912, railway company, United Kingdom

London, Tilbury & Southend Railway

1854 - 1912
1836-1939, steam locomotive manufacturer, Patricroft, Salford, England

Nasmyth Wilson and Company Limited

1836 - 1939
active 1829-1928, surgical instrument maker, London, England, British

Arnold and Sons

1829 - 1928
1844-1940, physicist; inventor, French

Branly, Edouard

1844 - 1940
1844-1963, shipbuilders; marine engineers, Dumbarton, Scotand

Wm Denny and Brothers Limited

1844 - 1963
1847-1931, inventor; scientist, American

Edison, Thomas Alva

1847 - 1931

Webb, Francis William

1836 - 1906

Thorpe, Thomas Edward

1845 - 1925

Perkin, William Henry

1860 - 1929

Flatters, Abraham

1848 - 1929

Darbyshire, Alfred

1839 - 1908

Banks, Isabella Varley

1821 - 1897

Evans, Lewis

1853 - 1930

Henry Chapman

1835 - 1908

Mergenthaler, Ottmar

1854 - 1899

Thompson, Silvanus Phillips

1851 - 1916

Brothers, Alfred

1826 - 1912

Kingett, James Charles

1811 - 1916

Young, Jane

1831 - 1914

Hackworth, Albert

1853 - 1904

Mudd, James

1821 - 1906

Moseley, Charles

1840 - 1887

Peacock, Ralph

1838 - 1928

Perkin, Sir William Henry

1838 - 1907