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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
1838-1907, chemist, English; British

Perkin, Sir William Henry

1838 - 1907

Swan, Joseph Wilson

1828 - 1914
1827-1912, surgeon; physician; developer of a system of antiseptic surgery, English; British

Lister, Joseph

1827 - 1912
1842-, manufacturer of ceramics, Burslem, England

John Maddock and Sons Limited

1842
1864-1944, geologist; museum director, British; English

Lyons, Sir Henry George

1864 - 1944
1843-1913, educational reformer; politician, British

Stuart, James

1843 - 1913
1867-1943, aeronautical pioneer; balloonist; meteorologist, British

Alexander, Patrick Young

1867 - 1943
1870-1952, science and technology historian; Science Museum curator, British

Dickinson, Henry Winram

1870 - 1952
1831-1916, mathematician, Fellow of Trinity College Cambridge, British; English

Wilkinson, Michael Marlow Umfreville

1831 - 1916
active 1829-1830s, iron founder; anchor smith; marine engine maker; civil engineer, Bristol, England

William Daniel and William Edward Acraman

1829 - 1842
1858-1939, journalist; politician, British; English

Norman, Sir Henry

1858 - 1939
1862-1912, mechanical engineer, German?

Zodel, Louis

1862 - 1912
1854-1932, inventor; businessman, American

Eastman, George

1854 - 1932
1833-1911, civil engineering contractor, British

Aird, Sir John

1833 - 1911
1858-1929, scientist; inventor, Austrian

Auer von Welsbach, Carl

1858 - 1929
1862-present, pen manufacturer, Birmingham

C. Brandauer & Co

1862
1839-1913, mechanical engineer, British

Daglish, George Heaton

1839 - 1913
1854, vessel; screw sloop

HMS Curlew (1854)

1854 - 1865
1861-1935, wrote letter in 1917 on 'les moteurs a petrole pour sous-marins', French

Rey, Jean Alexandre

1861 - 1935
1866-1962, worked as a chemist in Wales, German-born

Wolf, Hans Karl

1866 - 1962
1851-1930, professor of botany; reporter; editor, British; Scottish

Watt, Sir George

1851 - 1930
1870-1961, active 1917-1920 as Director of airship production and of munitions, British

Given, Ernest Cranstoun

1870 - 1961
1849-1925, mathematician, Prussian; German

Klein, Christian Felix

1849 - 1925
1867-1949, Director of the 1917 Geological Survey of Egypt, British

Hume, William Fraser

1867 - 1949
1846-1929, engine designer; industrialist, German

Maybach, Wilhelm

1846 - 1929
c.1870 - present, manafacturer, British

Dorman Smith Traffic Products Limited

1870
1843-1919, lawyer; microscopist, British; English

Crisp, Sir Frank

1843 - 1919

Doherty, William J

1834 - 1898

Jessop, Friend

1832 - 1882

Smith, Walter

1836 - 1886

Preece, William Henry

1834 - 1913

Peace, Maskell William

1834 - 1892

Lang, Viktor von

1838 - 1921

Berndt, Rudolph

1838 - 1919

Hirzel, Paul

1831 - 1908

Woodall, William

1832 - 1901

Weinhold, Adolf Ferdinand

1841 - 1917

Watherston, Edward James

1839 - 1904

Shand, Alexander

1828 - 1904

Sephton, John

1836 - 1915

Smith, Watson

1845 - 1920

Bombicci, Luigi

1833 - 1903

Horner, Johann Friedrich

1831 - 1886
active 1868-1909/14, optical & mathematical instrument maker, Irish; British

Grubb, Sir Howard

1844 - 1931

Corbett, Joseph

1842 - 1913

Brewer, Griffith

1867 - 1948

Shallcross Stone, Flora

1851 - 1875

Hughes, Thomas McKenny

1832 - 1917