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1836-1917, physician, British

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett

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

Henry Hughes and Son Limited

1828 - 1947
active 1878-1911, scientific instrument manufacturer, London, England

Hicks, James Joseph

1837 - 1916
active 1868-1968, optical instrument maker; clock maker, Manchester, England

Thomas Armstrong and Brother

1868 - 1968
1839-1932, shipping company, British

Royal Mail Steam Packet Company

1839 - 1932
1863-1944, chemist; inventor, Belgian; American

Baekeland, Leo Hendrik

1863 - 1944
active c. 1894-1968, optical instrument maker, London, England

R and J Beck Limited

1867 - 1968
1843-1910, microbiologist and Nobel prize winner, German

Koch, Robert

1843 - 1910
c.1829-1905, active from 1857, photographer, French, active in Asia

Mallitte, Oscar Jean Baptiste

1829 - 1905
1858-1921, British navy steam/sail ship, used 1872-1876 oceanagraphic expedition, British

HMS Challenger

1858 - 1921

Pease, Sir Joseph Whitwell (1828-1903) 1st Baronet Businessman and MP

1828 - 1903

Swan, Joseph Wilson

1828 - 1914
1854/5-1922, trapeze artist, aeronaut, acrobat, American

Dare, Leona

1855 - 1922
1858-1903, manufacturer of agricultural engines; manufacturer of steam engines, Pershore, England

Edward Humphries and Company Limited

1858 - 1903
active 1859 -1948, psychiatric hospital, Sussex, England

Brighton Mental Asylum

1859 - 1948
1829-1901, physiologist, German

Fick, Adolf Eugen

1829 - 1901
1823-1960, lithographer; poster printer; printer; publisher, London

Vincent Brooks, Day and Son Limited

1862 - 1960
1867-1964, camera and photographic equipment manufacturer, Germany

Agfa

1867 - 1964
1833 - 1883, inventor; engineer, British; English

Vansittart, Henrietta

1833 - 1883
1857-about 1948, manufacturer of sewing machines, American

Willcox and Gibbs Sewing Machine Company

1857
1842-, manufacturer of ceramics, Burslem, England

John Maddock and Sons Limited

1842
active 1846-1880, clock and chronometer maker, England, British

Shepherd, Charles

1830
published 1868-1914, magazine, English; British

Vanity Fair

1868 - 1914
c. 1828-1889?, apprenticed 1844 to Brumby & Middleton, merchants & factors of Sheffield, British

Sawyer, John Robert Mather

1828 - 1889
1849-1907 artist; caricaturist for Vanity Fair, French

Chartran, Theobald

1849 - 1907
1847-1922, teacher of deaf people; inventor of telephone, Scottish; American

Bell, Alexander Graham

1847 - 1922
1835-present, journal, British

Railway Gazette International

1835
1865-1935, physicist, French

Féry, Charles

1865 - 1935
1841-1880, active 1874, cycle manufacturer, inventor of ball bearing, British

Rudge, Daniel

1841 - 1880
1834-1864, publisher, High Holborn

John Weale

1834 - 1864
1854-1920, US army physician and surgeon, American

Gorgas, William Crawford

1854 - 1920
1862-1931, engineer, British

Darling, Alfred

1862 - 1931
1850-1971, optics manufacturer, Bromley

Wray Optical Works Ltd.

1850 - 1971
1842-1877, manufacturers, London

Parker Field & Sons

1842 - 1877
1867-1942, cinematographer; film producer, active England from about 1915, American

Urban, Charles

1867 - 1942
Photographer, Inventor

Warnerke, Leon

1837 - 1900
1855-1944, physicist; inventor, English; British

Boys, Sir Charles Vernon

1855 - 1944

Cudworth, William John

1848 - 1909
1860-1922, railway company, United Kingdom

East Coast Joint Stock Railway

1860 - 1922
1862-1982, manufacturer, Chicago

Pullman Car Company

1862 - 1982
1832-1891, inventor; engineer, German

Otto, Nikolaus August

1832 - 1891
1856-1999, manufacturer of phosphorous; manufacturer of chemicals, Oldbury, England

Albright and Wilson Limited

1856 - 1999
1846-1920, jeweller, Russian

Fabergé, Peter Carl

1846 - 1920
1834-1912, photographer, English; British

Bourne, Samuel

1834 - 1912
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
1831-1916, mathematician, Fellow of Trinity College Cambridge, British; English

Wilkinson, Michael Marlow Umfreville

1831 - 1916