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1839-1897, optical instrument maker, German-born; British

Hilger, Adam

1839 - 1897
1886-1923, Met Office employee, RNVR Lieutenant, RAF Flight Lieutenant, British

Gendle, Albert Edgar

1809 - 1923
1826-1891, photographer, Canadian

Notman, William

1826 - 1891
1825-1903, photographer, French

Tournachon, Adrien

1825 - 1903
1826-1902, active 1840s-1880s, naval officer; photographer; lyricist, British

Cheyne, John Powles

1826 - 1902
1834-1897, physiologist, German

Heidenhain, Rudolf Peter Heinrich

1834 - 1897
c.1830-1919, manufacturer of dyestuffs; chemicals manufacturer, Huddersfield, England

Read Holliday and Sons Limited

1830 - 1919
1832-1907, surgeon, British; Scottish

Watson, Sir Patrick Heron

1832 - 1907
1831-1879, physicist, British

Maxwell, James Clerk

1831 - 1879
1829-1904, geologist; astronomer, British; Welsh

Roberts, Isaac

1829 - 1904
1831-1904, anatomist; embryologist, Swiss

His, Wilhelm

1831 - 1904
c. 1830-1913, dermatologist, French?

Zambaco Pacha, Demetrius Alexandre

1830 - 1913
1826-1901, electrical engineer; inventor, Belgian

Gramme, Zénobe

1826 - 1901
1826-1903, artist; photographer, British

Ruff, George

1826 - 1903
1833-1918, brewer, businessman and inventor, English; British

Lovibond, Joseph William

1833 - 1918
1828-1901, surgeon, Austrian-born; German

Junker, Ferdinand Ethelbert

1828 - 1901
1835-1955, opticians, optics and photographic and camera maker, Birmingham

J Lancaster and Son

1835 - 1955
1832-1901, botanist; geologist; mineralogist; arctic explorer, Finnish

Nordenskiold, Nils Adolf Erik

1832 - 1901
1832-1913, marine and general engineer, Scottish; British

Howden, James

1832 - 1913
1839-1932, shipping company, British

Royal Mail Steam Packet Company

1839 - 1932
1837-1925, locomotive engineer, British

Holden, James

1837 - 1925
1838-;glass manufacturer; politician; photographer; UK

Stone, Benjamin

1838 - 1914
1826-1894, director (railway company), MP, British

Dent, John Dent

1826 - 1894
1838-1914, astronomer; mathematician, American

Hill, George William

1838 - 1914
1834-1905, active 1880s, inventor of types of typewriter and sewing machine, British

Cookson, Frederick Nesfield

1834 - 1905
b. 1839, active 1870s-1910s, medallist, French

Tasset, Ernest Paulin

1839 - 1921
1833-1899, army officer; inventor, British

Beaumont, Frederick Edward Blackett

1833 - 1899
1833-1900 (1962), photographer; lithographer, British

Fall, Thomas

1833 - 1900
1834-1922, shipowner, Scottish; British

Sutherland, Sir Thomas

1834 - 1922
1834-1913, electrical engineer; administrator, Welsh; British

Preece, Sir William Henry

1834 - 1913
1826-1895, medallist, Swedish

Ahlborn, Lea

1826 - 1895
1832-1919, chemist; science journalist, English; British

Crookes, Sir William

1832 - 1919
1835-1917, locomotive engineer, Scottish; British

Stirling, James

1835 - 1917
1829-1917, dentist and inventor of a mechanical drill, American

Morrison, James Beall

1829 - 1917
1839-1916, professor of chemistry, Romanian

Teclu, Nicolae

1839 - 1916
1825-1904, President of South Africa, Dutch Boer

Kruger, Stephanus Johannes Paulus

1825 - 1904
1833-1915, chemist; university administrator; British; English

Roscoe, Sir Henry Enfield

1833 - 1915
1835-1895, publisher, activist, author, British

Faithfull, Emily

1835 - 1895
1833-1896, scientist; inventor; entrepreneur; author; pacifist; manufacturer of armaments, Swedish

Nobel, Alfred Bernhard

1833 - 1896
1831-1896, reign 1848-1896, shah of Persia, Persian

Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar

1831 - 1896
1830-1895, professor of chemistry, German

Meyer, Lothar

1830 - 1895
1826-1911, physicist; university administrator, Irish

Stoney, George Johnstone

1826 - 1911
1835-1917, chemist, German

Baeyer, Adolf von

1835 - 1917
1834-1882, astronomer; astrophysicist, German

Zollner, Johann Karl Friedrich

1834 - 1882
1826-1909, active 1865-1891, artist, British

Dudley, Robert Charles

1826 - 1909
1829 or 1831-1900, teacher; telegraphic engineer, British

Hughes, David Edward

1831 - 1900
1836-1939, steam locomotive manufacturer, Patricroft, Salford, England

Nasmyth Wilson and Company Limited

1836 - 1939
1826-1884, journalist; playwright, English; British

Jerrold, (William) Blanchard

1826 - 1884
1829-1901, physician; chemist, German

Thudichum, John Louis William

1829 - 1901
1837-1903, active 1860s, photographer; printer, British

Edwards, Ernest

1837 - 1903