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

Reynolds and Branson Limited

1852 - 1976
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
1862-1866, publisher, London, England

Darton and Hodge

1862 - 1866
1843-1910, sculptor; medallist, Belgian

Stappen, Charles Van der

1843 - 1910
1849-1903, astronomer, French

Henry, Prosper Mathieu

1849 - 1903
1860-1870, manufacturer of earthenware, Burslem, England

Cork, Edge and Malkin

1860 - 1870
1839-1919, locomotive engineer, British

Kirtley, W

1839 - 1919
1843-1920, civil servant; engineer; inventor; photographic scientist, English; British

Abney, Sir William de Wiveleslie

1843 - 1920
1835-c. 1888, medallist, Irish

Woodhouse, John

1835 - 1888
1848-1920, electrical engineer, Scottish; British

Muirhead, Alexander

1848 - 1920
1841-1918, inventor of a type of horse drawn wagon, British

Hek, William Studley

1841 - 1918
1852-1932, mechanical engineer, Irish born

Brennan, Louis

1852 - 1932
1853-1941, photographer, British; English

Sutcliffe, Frank Meadow

1853 - 1941
active 1853-1958, silversmiths, Sheffield

Atkin Brothers

1853 - 1958
1840-1921, professor of Chemistry, British

Mills, Edmund James

1840 - 1921
1836-1927, medallist, French

Borrel, Alfred

1836 - 1927
1839-1902, manufacturing jeweller; goldsmith; silversith, London, England

Phillips Brothers and Sons

1839 - 1902
1864-1963, inventor; scientist, Swedish

Johansson, Carl Edvard

1864 - 1943
1849-1935, competition cyclist, British

Moore, James

1849 - 1935
1847-1914, physician; surgeon, British

Laking, Sir Francis Henry

1847 - 1914
1857-1918, industrial equipment manufacturer, English; British

Ruston, Proctor and Company

1857 - 1918
1844-1919, organic chemist; professor, Dutch

Franchimont, Antoine Paul Nicolas

1844 - 1919
1842-1884, sailing ship of the line of battle, Devonport, Plymouth, England

HMS Albion (1842)

1842 - 1808
1851-1916, physicist; university professor, British

Thompson, Silvanus Phillips

1851 - 1916
1859-1936, photographer, author, French

Demachy, Robert

1859 - 1936