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1836-1917, physician, British

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett

1836 - 1917
1845-c1955, optical instrument, lens and camera makers, Germany

Emil Busch AG

1845
1838-1907, chemist, English; British

Perkin, Sir William Henry

1838 - 1907
1853-1914, police officer, French

Bertillon, Alphonse

1853 - 1914
1863-1944, chemist; inventor, Belgian; American

Baekeland, Leo Hendrik

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

Koch, Robert

1843 - 1910
active 1853-1921, optical, mathematical, philosophical & electrical inst. maker, London, England

Elliott Brothers

1853 - 1921
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
1851-1954, locksmith, London, England

Hobbs, Hart and Company Limited

1851 - 1954
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
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
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
1846-, iron founder, West Bromwich, England

Joseph and Jesse Siddons

1846
1844-1918, inventor, artist, France

Reynaud, Charles-Emile

1844 - 1918

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
active 1866-1926, camera manufacturer, Blackheath, London, England

W Butcher and Sons

1866 - 1926
1852-1933, folklorist; collector, British

Lovett, Edward

1852 - 1933
1857-about 1948, manufacturer of sewing machines, American

Willcox and Gibbs Sewing Machine Company

1857
1847-1931, inventor; scientist, American

Edison, Thomas Alva

1847 - 1931
1863-1933, spirit photographer, British

Hope, William

1863 - 1933
1864 - present, Wales, manufacturer

Powell Duffryn Engineering Company Limited

1864
1835-1955, opticians, optics and photographic and camera maker, Birmingham

J Lancaster and Son

1835 - 1955
active 1863-1924, neurologist, founder of Radionics movement, American

Abrams, Albert

1863 - 1924
1859-1965, manufacturer of soap and tooth powder, Manchester

F C Calvert and Company

1859 - 1965
1861-1956, manufacturer of pencils and pens, New York, United States

American Pencil Company

1861 - 1956
active 1857-1948, manufacturer of precision tools, American

Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing Company

1857 - 1948
1835-1992, lithographer; engraver; printer, Glasgow

MacLure and MacDonald

1835 - 1992
1845-c. 1955, lens manufacturer; scientific instrument maker, Paris, France

Lerebours et Secretan

1845 - 1955
1853-1923, physician; surgeon; author, English; British

Treves, Sir Frederick

1853 - 1923
1839-current (2020), manufacturer of pharmaceuticals; chemist; druggist, Brighton & Barnstaple, Eng

Arthur H Cox and Company Limited

1839
1850-1917, inventor, film maker, chronophotographer, physiologist, French

Demeny, Georges

1850 - 1917

Shallcross Stone, Flora

1851 - 1875
1839-1932, shipping company, British

Royal Mail Steam Packet Company

1839 - 1932
1839-1902, manufacturing jeweller; goldsmith; silversith, London, England

Phillips Brothers and Sons

1839 - 1902