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1838-1907, chemist, English; British

Perkin, Sir William Henry

1838 - 1907
1875-1969, meteorological, aviation & surveying instrument manufacturer, London, England

Short and Mason Limited

1875 - 1969
active 1834-1981, manufacturers of glass, Barnsley, England

Wood Brothers Glass Company Limited

1834 - 1981

Muybridge, Florado Helios

1873 - 1944
active 1868-1968, optical instrument maker; clock maker, Manchester, England

Thomas Armstrong and Brother

1868 - 1968
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
1830-present (2011), supplier of garage tools and equipment, London, England, British

Buck and Hickman Limited

1830
1845-c. 1955, lens manufacturer; scientific instrument maker, Paris, France

Lerebours et Secretan

1845 - 1955

Maxim, Hiram Stevens

1840 - 1916
1872-1981, clock and electrical equipment manufacturer, Leicester, England

Gents' of Leicester

1872 - 1981
1836 or 1837-1911, carriage and wagon superintendent, British; English

Whitelegg, Thomas

1836 - 1911
1836-1917, physician, British

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett

1836 - 1917
1837-c.1969, optical instrument manufacturer, London, England

W Watson and Sons Limited

1837 - 1969
c.1863 - 1946, surgical instrument maker, London, England

Down Bros and Mayer and Phelps Limited

1863
1845-c1955, optical instrument, lens and camera makers, Germany

Emil Busch AG

1845
1842-, manufacturer of ceramics, Burslem, England

John Maddock and Sons Limited

1842

Corbett, Joseph

1842 - 1913

Brewer, Griffith

1867 - 1948

Barrow Ship Building Company Limited

1871 - 1897

Shallcross Stone, Flora

1851 - 1875

Hughes, Thomas McKenny

1832 - 1917

Hume, William Fraser

1867 - 1949

Ayrton, Hertha

1854 - 1923

Chapman Jones, Henry

1854 - 1932

Hackworth, Esther Ann

1862 - 1917

Hopkinson, John (FRS)

1849 - 1898

Burden, Harold Nelson

1860 - 1930

Sherrington, Charles Scott

1857 - 1952

Forel, François Alphonse

1841 - 1912

Bridges-Lee, John

1867 - 1917

Young, Edith Mary

1875 - 1945

Norman, Henry (first baronet)

1858 - 1939

Plummer, John James

1806 - 1907

Crew, Henry

1859 - 1953

Tutton, Alfred Edwin Howard

1864 - 1938

Hale, George Ellery

1868 - 1938

Wilkinson, Michael Marlow Umfreville

1831 - 1916

Chambers, George Frederick

1841 - 1915

Boys, Charles Vernon

1855 - 1944

Davis, George Edward

1850 - 1907

Carus-Wilson, Charles Ashley

1812 - 1942

O'Gorman, Mervyn Joseph Pius

1871 - 1958

Young, Robert

1860 - 1932

Kingsbury, John Edward

1855 - 1948

Ball, John

1872 - 1941

Trotter, Alexander Pelham

1857 - 1947

Du Pont, Lammot

1831 - 1884

Heron, Edward Thomas

1867 - 1949