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1836-1917, physician, British

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett

1836 - 1917
active 1828-1947, marine & aeronautical navigational instrument maker, London, England, British

Henry Hughes and Son Limited

1828 - 1947
1827-1912, surgeon; physician; developer of a system of antiseptic surgery, English; British

Lister, Joseph

1827 - 1912
1845-c1955, optical instrument, lens and camera makers, Germany

Emil Busch AG

1845
1838-1907, chemist, English; British

Perkin, Sir William Henry

1838 - 1907
active 1829-1895, microbiologist; chemist, French

Pasteur, Louis

1822 - 1895
active 1829-1928, surgical instrument maker, London, England, British

Arnold and Sons

1829 - 1928

Swan, Joseph Wilson

1828 - 1914
1843-1910, microbiologist and Nobel prize winner, German

Koch, Robert

1843 - 1910
1829-1901, physiologist, German

Fick, Adolf Eugen

1829 - 1901
active 1834-1981, manufacturers of glass, Barnsley, England

Wood Brothers Glass Company Limited

1834 - 1981
1837-c.1969, optical instrument manufacturer, London, England

W Watson and Sons Limited

1837 - 1969
1844-1968, tobacco manufacturer, Spitalfields, London, England

Godfrey Phillips Limited

1844 - 1968
1825-about 1980s, manufacturer, West Bromwich, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, British

George Salter and Company

1825 - 1990
1832-2002, manufacturer, Newton-le-Willows, England

The Vulcan Foundry

1832 - 2002
1836-1906, camera manufacturer, Northern Irish; British

McKellen, Samuel Dunseith

1836 - 1906
1842-1978, camera and film manufacturer, Binghamton, N.Y.

Ansco

1842 - 1967
active 1878-1911, scientific instrument manufacturer, London, England

Hicks, James Joseph

1837 - 1916
1842-, manufacturer of ceramics, Burslem, England

John Maddock and Sons Limited

1842
1846-, iron founder, West Bromwich, England

Joseph and Jesse Siddons

1846
1844-1918, inventor, artist, France

Reynaud, Charles-Emile

1844 - 1918
1822-1911, biostatistician, human geneticist & eugenicist, English, British

Galton, Sir Francis

1822 - 1911
1827-1894, active 1854, sewing machine manufacturer, British

Wilson, William Newton

1827 - 1894
active 1846-current (2005), printers, Merseyside, England

McCorquodale and Company Limited

1846
Inventor of the modern knuckle coupler. 1831-1912

Eli Hamilton Janey

1831 - 1912
active 1832-1922, optician & mathematical instrument maker, Dublin, Ireland

Yeates and Son

1832 - 1922
1835-1955, opticians, optics and photographic and camera maker, Birmingham

J Lancaster and Son

1835 - 1955
1828-1918, manufacturer of engines; manufacturer of agricultural machinery, Grantham, England

R. Hornsby and Sons Limited

1828 - 1918
1833 - 1883, inventor; engineer, British; English

Vansittart, Henrietta

1833 - 1883
1826-, printer, Derby

Bemrose and Sons Limited

1826
1832-1928, musical instrument and phonogram manufacturer, London

Barnett Samuel and Sons Limited

1832 - 1928
1835-1992, lithographer; engraver; printer, Glasgow

MacLure and MacDonald

1835 - 1992
1845-c. 1955, lens manufacturer; scientific instrument maker, Paris, France

Lerebours et Secretan

1845 - 1955
1839-current (2020), manufacturer of pharmaceuticals; chemist; druggist, Brighton & Barnstaple, Eng

Arthur H Cox and Company Limited

1839
active 1824-1963, glass manufacturer, Smethwick, Staffordshire, England, British

Chance Brothers Limited

1824 - 1963
1839-1932, shipping company, British

Royal Mail Steam Packet Company

1839 - 1932
1839-1902, manufacturing jeweller; goldsmith; silversith, London, England

Phillips Brothers and Sons

1839 - 1902

Maxim, Hiram Stevens

1840 - 1916
1832-1914, artist, British

Ascroft, William

1832 - 1914
active 1890s?-1945, optical instrument maker, Jena, Germany

Carl Zeiss, Jena

1846
1833-1900, steam engine manufacturer, Lambeth, London, England, British

Maudslay, Sons and Field Limited

1833 - 1900
1845-1978, engineers and machinery manufacturers, Salford and Manchester, England

Mather and Platt Limited

1845 - 1978
1833-1900 (1962), photographer; lithographer, British

Fall, Thomas

1833 - 1900
1824-1880, surgeon, pathologist; anthropologist, French

Broca, Paul

1824 - 1880
c.1826 - 1989, map maker, Edinburgh

The Edinburgh Geographical Institute

1826 - 1989
1828-1903, locomotive manufacturer, Manchester, England

Sharp Stewart and Company Limited

1828 - 1903
active 1863-1918, optician, optical designer, spectacle manufacturer & collector, English; British

Dunscombe, Matthew William

1841 - 1918
active 1885-1905, mathematical instrument maker, Schaffhausen, Switzerland

Amsler, Jakob

1823 - 1912
active 1837-1900, model-maker, Darmstadt, Germany, German

Schroeder, J

1837
1824-1884, scientific instrument maker, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Scottish; British

White, James

1824 - 1884