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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
1853-1914, police officer, French

Bertillon, Alphonse

1853 - 1914
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
active 1853-1921, optical, mathematical, philosophical & electrical inst. maker, London, England

Elliott Brothers

1853 - 1921
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
1851-1954, locksmith, London, England

Hobbs, Hart and Company Limited

1851 - 1954
1857-1969, optical instrument makers (microscope), London, England

James Swift and Son Limited

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

Thomas Bradford and Company

1850 - 1991

Maunder, Edward Walter

1851 - 1928
1853-1863, manufacturer of sewing machines and surgical needles, American

Singer Manufacturing Company

1853 - 1863
1844-1968, tobacco manufacturer, Spitalfields, London, England

Godfrey Phillips Limited

1844 - 1968
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

Lilienthal, Otto

1848 - 1896
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
active 1859 -1948, psychiatric hospital, Sussex, England

Brighton Mental Asylum

1859 - 1948
1850-1971, optics manufacturer, Bromley

Wray Optical Works Ltd.

1850 - 1971
1851-1964, manufacturer of mathmetical equipment, London

W. H. Harling Ltd

1851 - 1964
1856-1960s?, manufacturer of lifting equipment, pumps and engines, Birmingham, England

Tangyes Limited

1856
1847-1966, manufacturer of ceramics, Stoke on Trent, England

W T Copeland and Sons Limited

1847 - 1966
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
1852-1933, folklorist; collector, British

Lovett, Edward

1852 - 1933
1857-about 1948, manufacturer of sewing machines, American

Willcox and Gibbs Sewing Machine Company

1857
1847-1931, inventor; scientist, American

Edison, Thomas Alva

1847 - 1931
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
1859-1965, manufacturer of soap and tooth powder, Manchester

F C Calvert and Company

1859 - 1965
active 1857-1948, manufacturer of precision tools, American

Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing Company

1857 - 1948
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
1853-1923, physician; surgeon; author, English; British

Treves, Sir Frederick

1853 - 1923
1839-current (2020), manufacturer of pharmaceuticals; chemist; druggist, Brighton & Barnstaple, Eng

Arthur H Cox and Company Limited

1839