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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
1853-1924, astronomer, German-born; American

Schaeberle, John Martin

1853 - 1924
1879-1953, architect (Adams, Holden and Pearson partnership), British

Pearson, Lionel Godfrey

1879 - 1953
1870-1942, physicist, French

Perrin, Jean Baptiste

1870 - 1942
1861-1932, missionary, British

Roscoe, John

1861 - 1932
1831-1896, reign 1848-1896, shah of Persia, Persian

Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar

1831 - 1896
1854-1931, engineer; scientist, British; English

Parsons, Sir Charles Algernon

1854 - 1931
1882-1967, astronomer, American

Duncan, John C.

1882 - 1967
1855-1932, inventor; manufacturer, American

Gillette, King Camp

1855 - 1932
1872-1961, chemist, British; English

Travers, Morris William

1872 - 1961
film promoter and early cinema technician

Rector, Enoch J

1863 - 1957
1881-1966, British army regiment

Middlesex Regiment

1881 - 1966
1881-1934, artist; illustrator; poster artist; designer

Taylor, Horace

1881 - 1934
1848-1929, first baronet, brewer and railway manager, England, British

Bonsor, Henry Cosmo Orme

1848 - 1929
1865-1965, locomotive manufacturer, Sheffield

Yorkshire Engine Company

1865 - 1965
1842-1921, printers, Carlisle

Scott and Benson

1842 - 1921
1863-1948, railway company, Argentina

Central Argentine Railway

1863 - 1948
1855-1916, artist; painter, Czech

Kregczy, Edmund

1855 - 1916
active 1888-1971, manufacturing chemist, Nottingham

Boots Pure Drug Company Limited

1888 - 1971
1830-1895, professor of chemistry, German

Meyer, Lothar

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

Stoney, George Johnstone

1826 - 1911
1850-1913, geologist and seismologist, English; British

Milne, John

1850 - 1913
1852-1925, bicycle designer; company promoter, British; English

Lawson, Henry John

1852 - 1925
1862-1932, chemist; educator, British

Eiloart, Arnold

1862 - 1932
1877-1953, model-maker; businessman, English; British

Lowke, Wenman Joseph Bassett

1877 - 1953
1848-1896, civil engineer; aviation pioneer, German

Lilienthal, Otto

1848 - 1896
1835-1917, chemist, German

Baeyer, Adolf von

1835 - 1917
1856-1932, manufacturer; inventor, British

Beard, Robert Royou

1856 - 1932
active 1890s-1950s, mathematical & philosophical instrument maker, Dublin, Ireland

Mason, Thomas H.

1877 - 1958
1834-1882, astronomer; astrophysicist, German

Zollner, Johann Karl Friedrich

1834 - 1882
1855-1929, physician; surgeon, British

Bowlby, Sir Alfred Anthony

1855 - 1929
inventor, cinematographer; 1876-1934; USA

Kelley, William Van Doren

1876 - 1934
1882-1944, theoretical physicist; astrophysicist, British; English

Eddington, Sir Arthur Stanley

1882 - 1944
1826-1909, active 1865-1891, artist, British

Dudley, Robert Charles

1826 - 1909
1870-1937, naval architect, English; British

Isherwood, Joseph William

1870 - 1937
1868-1938, astronomer, American

Hale, George Ellery

1868 - 1938
1849-1924, physician; geologist, British

MacCulloch, William Mansell

1849 - 1924
1843-1907, medallist; die-engraver, British; English

Wyon, Allan

1843 - 1907
1856-1937, photographer and inventor, American

Ives, Frederic Eugene

1856 - 1937
1880-1911, railway company, India

Bhavnagar-Gondal Railway

1880 - 1911
1857-1933, railway engineer, British

Churchward, George Jackson

1857 - 1933
1867-1919, naval architect, England, British

Wortley, Henry Bell

1867 - 1919
1829 or 1831-1900, teacher; telegraphic engineer, British

Hughes, David Edward

1831 - 1900
1826-1884, journalist; playwright, English; British

Jerrold, (William) Blanchard

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

Thudichum, John Louis William

1829 - 1901
1849-1897, engineer; patentee, British

Blechynden, Alfred

1849 - 1897
1855-1951, railway company, Indian

Bombay, Baroda & Central India Railway

1855 - 1951
1850-1925, industrial chemist, German?

Büchner, Ernst Wilhelm

1850 - 1925
1887-1961, physicist, Austrian

Schrödinger, Erwin

1887 - 1961