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1836-1917, physician, British

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson

1836 - 1917
1838-1907, chemist, English; British

William Henry Perkin

1838 - 1907
1843-1910, microbiologist and Nobel prize winner, German

Robert Koch

1843 - 1910
active 1834-1981, manufacturers of glass, Barnsley, England

Wood Brothers Glass Company Limited

1834 - 1981
1853-1914, police officer, French

Alphonse Bertillon

1853 - 1914
1837-c.1969, optical instrument manufacturer, London, England

W Watson and Sons Limited

1837 - 1969
1845-c1955, optical instrument, lens and camera makers, Germany

Emil Busch AG

1845
active 1853-1921, optical, mathematical, philosophical & electrical inst. maker, London, England

Elliott Brothers

1853 - 1921
1857-1960s?, manufacturer of laundry machines and appliances, Manchester, England

Thomas Bradford and Company

1850 - 1991
1851-1954, locksmith, London, England

Hobbs, Hart and Company Limited

1851 - 1954
1836-1906, camera manufacturer, Northern Irish; British

Samuel Dunseith McKellen

1836 - 1906

Edward Walter Maunder

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

Singer Manufacturing Company

1853 - 1863
active 1878-1911, scientific instrument manufacturer, London, England

James Joseph Hicks

1837 - 1916
1832-2002, manufacturer, Newton-le-Willows, England

The Vulcan Foundry

1832 - 2002
Inventor of the modern knuckle coupler. 1831-1912

Eli Hamilton Janey

1831 - 1912
1844-1940, physicist; inventor, French

Edouard Branly

1844 - 1940
1844-1918, inventor, artist, France

Charles-Emile Reynaud

1844 - 1918
1842-1978, camera and film manufacturer, Binghamton, N.Y.

Ansco

1842 - 1967

Otto Lilienthal

1848 - 1896
1847-1931, inventor; scientist, American

Thomas Alva Edison

1847 - 1931
1851-1964, manufacturer of mathmetical equipment, London

W. H. Harling Ltd

1851 - 1964
Sir

Hiram Stevens Maxim

1840 - 1916
1847-1966, manufacturer of ceramics, Stoke on Trent, England

W T Copeland and Sons Limited

1847 - 1966
1850-1971, optics manufacturer, Bromley

Wray Optical Works Ltd.

1850 - 1971
active 1832-1922, optician & mathematical instrument maker, Dublin, Ireland

Yeates and Son

1832 - 1922
1839-1932, shipping company, British

Royal Mail Steam Packet Company

1839 - 1932
1850-1917, inventor, film maker, chronophotographer, physiologist, French

Georges Demeny

1850 - 1917
1835-1955, opticians, optics and photographic and camera maker, Birmingham

J Lancaster and Son

1835 - 1955

Manchester Corporation Waterworks

1848 - 1971
1852-1933, folklorist; collector, British

Edward Lovett

1852 - 1933
1839-1902, manufacturing jeweller; goldsmith; silversith, London, England

Phillips Brothers and Sons

1839 - 1902
1845-c. 1955, lens manufacturer; scientific instrument maker, Paris, France

Lerebours et Secretan

1845 - 1955
1835-1992, lithographer; engraver; printer, Glasgow

MacLure and MacDonald

1835 - 1992
1830-present (2011), supplier of garage tools and equipment, London, England, British

Buck and Hickman Limited

1830
1847-1922, teacher of deaf people; inventor of telephone, Scottish; American

Alexander Graham Bell

1847 - 1922
1850s- 1976, pharmaceutical chemist; optician, Leeds, England

Reynolds and Branson Limited

1852 - 1976

Flora Shallcross Stone

1851 - 1875
1832-1914, artist, British

William Ascroft

1832 - 1914
active 1851-1875, optician, mathematical & philosophical instrument maker, Liverpool, England

A Abraham and Company

1851 - 1890
1853-1923, physician; surgeon; author, English; British

Frederick Treves

1853 - 1923
1851-1921, engineer; electrical instrument maker; photographer, French

Jules Carpentier

1851 - 1921
1833-1900 (1962), photographer; lithographer, British

Thomas Fall

1833 - 1900
1845-1867, manufacturer of gutta-percha products, London, England

Gutta Percha Company

1845 - 1867
1845-1978, engineers and machinery manufacturers, Salford and Manchester, England

Mather and Platt Limited

1845 - 1978
active 1863-1918, optician, optical designer, spectacle manufacturer & collector, English; British

Matthew William Dunscombe

1841 - 1918
1848-1928, Inventor, American, America

Lewis Howard Latimer

1848 - 1928
1849-2002, joint stock company, British

Railway Passengers Assurance Company

1849 - 2002
1850s-1972, publisher, London, England

Crosby Lockwood and Company

1850 - 1972

Science and Art Department

1853 - 1899