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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
1844-1968, tobacco manufacturer, Spitalfields, London, England

Godfrey Phillips Limited

1844 - 1968
1853-1914, police officer, French

Alphonse Bertillon

1853 - 1914
active 1834-1981, manufacturers of glass, Barnsley, England

Wood Brothers Glass Company Limited

1834 - 1981
1837-c.1969, optical instrument manufacturer, London, England

W Watson and Sons Limited

1837 - 1969
active 1853-1921, optical, mathematical, philosophical & electrical inst. maker, London, England

Elliott Brothers

1853 - 1921
1845-c1955, optical instrument, lens and camera makers, Germany

Emil Busch AG

1845
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
1857-1969, optical instrument makers (microscope), London, England

James Swift and Son Limited

1857 - 1969
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
active 1859 -1948, psychiatric hospital, Sussex, England

Brighton Mental Asylum

1859 - 1948
Inventor of the modern knuckle coupler. 1831-1912

Eli Hamilton Janey

1831 - 1912
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
1851-1964, manufacturer of mathmetical equipment, London

W. H. Harling Ltd

1851 - 1964
1847-1931, inventor; scientist, American

Thomas Alva Edison

1847 - 1931
1847-1966, manufacturer of ceramics, Stoke on Trent, England

W T Copeland and Sons Limited

1847 - 1966
active 1857-1948, manufacturer of precision tools, American

Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing Company

1857 - 1948
Sir

Hiram Stevens Maxim

1840 - 1916
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
1833 - 1883, inventor; engineer, British; English

Henrietta Vansittart

1833 - 1883
1850-1917, inventor, film maker, chronophotographer, physiologist, French

Georges Demeny

1850 - 1917
1839-1932, shipping company, British

Royal Mail Steam Packet Company

1839 - 1932
1859-1965, manufacturer of soap and tooth powder, Manchester

F C Calvert and Company

1859 - 1965
1835-1955, opticians, optics and photographic and camera maker, Birmingham

J Lancaster and Son

1835 - 1955
1852-1933, folklorist; collector, British

Edward Lovett

1852 - 1933

Manchester Corporation Waterworks

1848 - 1971
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
1832-1928, musical instrument and phonogram manufacturer, London

Barnett Samuel and Sons Limited

1832 - 1928
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
1857-?, manufacturer of mauveine dye, Greenford, London, England

Perkin and Sons

1857 - 1874

Flora Shallcross Stone

1851 - 1875
1853-1923, physician; surgeon; author, English; British

Frederick Treves

1853 - 1923
active 1851-1875, optician, mathematical & philosophical instrument maker, Liverpool, England

A Abraham and Company

1851 - 1890
1832-1914, artist, British

William Ascroft

1832 - 1914
1833-1900, steam engine manufacturer, Lambeth, London, England, British

Maudslay, Sons and Field Limited

1833 - 1900
1875-1961, manufacturer of electronic equipment, London

A C Cossor Limited

1859 - 1961
1851-1921, engineer; electrical instrument maker; photographer, French

Jules Carpentier

1851 - 1921