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1866-1954, doctor, Australian

Levy, Alfred Goodman

1866 - 1954
1851-1918, palaeontologist; educator, American

Williston, Samuel Wendell

1851 - 1918
1833-1895, engineer; inventor; entrepreneur, German

Langen, Eugen

1833 - 1810
1860-1895, physician; pathologist; surgeon, German

Schimmelbusch, Curt

1860 - 1895
1861-1930, scientist; explorer; diplomat; humanitarian, Norwegian

Nansen, Fridtjof

1861 - 1930
1849- , physician; neurologist; anatomist; medallist; sculptor, French

Richer, Paul Marie Louis Pierre

1849 - 1933
1836-1873, die-engraver, British; English

Wyon, Joseph Shepherd

1836 - 1873
1844-1909, mineralogist, mining engineer, mineral dealer & collector, Paris, France

Bertrand, Émile

1844 - 1909
1847-1913, astronomer; book collector, British; Scottish; French-born

Lindsay, James Ludovic

1847 - 1913
1835-1916, astronomer; meteorologist, Norwegian

Mohn, Henrik

1835 - 1916
1853-1943, medallist, French

Dubois, Henri Alfred Auguste

1853 - 1943
Detroit-based portrait photographer, active late 19th-early 20th century

Arthur, James

1855 - 1912
Inventor of Linotype machine, 1854-1899, German

Mergenthaler, Ottmar

1854 - 1899
active 1849-1879, small arms manufacturer, London

Beattie, J

1849 - 1879
1860-1936, inventor; mechanical engineer, American

Curtis, Charles Gordon

1860 - 1936
1834-1839, railway company, United Kingdom

London & Southampton Railway

1834 - 1839
1816-1923, US Navy Officer, American

Sigsbee, Lt.-Cdr. Charles Dwight

1845 - 1923
1851-1934, mathematician; physicist, German-born; British

Schuster, Sir Arthur

1851 - 1934
1852-1941, medallist, French

Bottee, Louis Alexandre

1852 - 1941
1850-c. 1944, railway engineer, active in the Far East, British

Hanson, Charles Rastrick

1850 - 1944
1856-1969, pencil manufacturer, New York City, United States

Eagle Pencil Company

1856 - 1969
1851-1922, artist; 'Spy' caricaturist for Vanity Fair magazine from 1873-1911, British

Ward, Sir Leslie

1851 - 1922
1842-1978, camera and film manufacturer, Binghamton, N.Y.

Ansco

1842 - 1967
1841-1913, physicist, German

Schumann, Victor

1841 - 1913
1861-1968, manufacturer of ceramics, Hanley, England

G L Ashworth and Brothers Limited

1861 - 1968
1846-1854, railway company, United Kingdom

Shrewsbury & Birmingham Railway

1846 - 1854
1844-1891, active 1888, inventor of a type of air separator, British

Mumford, Thomas William Basset

1844 - 1891
1845-1867, manufacturer of gutta-percha products, London, England

Gutta Percha Company

1845 - 1867
1852-1916, teacher, physicist; photographer, British

Worthington, Arthur Mason

1852 - 1916
1853-1927, pharmaceutical scientist; chemist, American

Power, Frederick Belding

1853 - 1927
1863-1914, chemist, American

Hall, Charles Martin

1863 - 1914
1868-1940, medallist; sculptor, Swedish

Ohlson, Alfred

1868 - 1940
1850s- 1976, pharmaceutical chemist; optician, Leeds, England

Reynolds and Branson Limited

1852 - 1976
b. 1833; active 1858-1880s, medallist; die-sinker, French

Trotin, Charles

1833
1844-1910, cartoonist; illustrator, English; British

Sambourne, Edward Linley

1844 - 1910
1852-1922, soldier & designer, English; British

Verner, William Willoughby Cole

1852 - 1922
1844-1929, mechanical engineer, German

Benz, Carl

1844 - 1929
1845-1914, artist; painter; watercolourist, British

Mitchell, William Frederick

1845 - 1914
1864-1959, inventor, British

Smith, George Albert

1864 - 1959
1854-1935, astronomer, British

Bower, John C

1854 - 1935
1837-1884, die-engraver, British; English

Wyon, Alfred Benjamin

1837 - 1884
1841-1922, astronomer; artist, British

Wesley, William Henry

1841 - 1922
1868-1944, locomotive engineer, Irish

Maunsell, R E L

1868 - 1944
1868-1936, astronomer, British; English

Lockyer, William James Stewart

1868 - 1936
1862-1866, publisher, London, England

Darton and Hodge

1862 - 1866
1849-1903, astronomer, French

Henry, Prosper Mathieu

1849 - 1903
1833-1912, physician; surgeon, British

Wrench, Edward Mason

1833 - 1912
1839-1919, locomotive engineer, British

Kirtley, W

1839 - 1919
1860-1870, manufacturer of earthenware, Burslem, England

Cork, Edge and Malkin

1860 - 1870
1843-1920, civil servant; engineer; inventor; photographic scientist, English; British

Abney, Sir William de Wiveleslie

1843 - 1920