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1836-1917, physician, British

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett

1836 - 1917
1875-1969, meteorological, aviation & surveying instrument manufacturer, London, England

Short and Mason Limited

1875 - 1969
1879-current (2020), manufacturer of surgical instruments, London, England

Downs Surgical Limited

1879
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 c. 1894-1968, optical instrument maker, London, England

R and J Beck Limited

1867 - 1968
1853-1914, police officer, French

Bertillon, Alphonse

1853 - 1914

Muybridge, Florado Helios

1873 - 1944
1863-1944, chemist; inventor, Belgian; American

Baekeland, Leo Hendrik

1863 - 1944
1843-1910, microbiologist and Nobel prize winner, German

Koch, Robert

1843 - 1910
1869-1986/7, optical instrument maker (microscope & cameras - Leica), Germany

E Leitz

1869 - 1987
active 1853-1921, optical, mathematical, philosophical & electrical inst. maker, London, England

Elliott Brothers

1853 - 1921
1878-1969, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, Manchester & London, England

J Halden and Company Limited

1878 - 1969
active 1834-1981, manufacturers of glass, Barnsley, England

Wood Brothers Glass Company Limited

1834 - 1981
c.1880 -1992, stationers; scientific equipment manufacturer, Manchester, England

A G Thornton Limited

1880 - 1992
1837-c.1969, optical instrument manufacturer, London, England

W Watson and Sons Limited

1837 - 1969
1880-1995, laboratory equipment manufacturer (chemistry, physics), London, England

A Gallenkamp and Company Limited

1880 - 1995
1851-1954, locksmith, London, England

Hobbs, Hart and Company Limited

1851 - 1954
c. 1875 -1998, manufacturer of ceramics, Burslem, England

Dunn, Bennett and Company Limited

1878 - 1998
c.1863 - 1946, surgical instrument maker, London, England

Down Bros and Mayer and Phelps Limited

1863
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
1877-1926, manufacturer of explosives, Ardeer, Scotland

Nobel's Explosives Company Limited

1877 - 1926
1832-2002, manufacturer, Newton-le-Willows, England

The Vulcan Foundry

1832 - 2002
active 1867-?, surgical instrument maker, Tuttlingen, Germany

Jetter and Scheerer

1867
1861-1968, manufacturer of ceramics, Hanley, England

G L Ashworth and Brothers Limited

1861 - 1968
1836-1906, camera manufacturer, Northern Irish; British

McKellen, Samuel Dunseith

1836 - 1906
American; birth control advocate; nurse

Sanger, Margaret

1878 - 1966
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
b. 1866, amateur photographer (active in Russia), British

Stewart, Herbert Galloway

1866
1876-1999, manufacturer of microscopes, Vienna, Austria

Reichert

1876 - 1999
1846-, iron founder, West Bromwich, England

Joseph and Jesse Siddons

1846
active 1871-1959, manufactuer of sewing machines; manufacturer of calculating machines, Braunschweig, Germany

Grimme Natalis and Co

1871 - 1959
1844-1918, inventor, artist, France

Reynaud, Charles-Emile

1844 - 1918
1880-1958, sexologist; advocate of birth control, British; Scottish

Stopes, Marie

1880 - 1958

Lilienthal, Otto

1848 - 1896
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

Turner, Edward Raymond

1873 - 1903
1867-1934, physicist; chemist, Polish-born; French

Curie, Marie

1867 - 1934
1879-1941, poster artist, British

Gawthorn, Henry George

1879 - 1941