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1838-1907, chemist, English; British

Perkin, Sir William Henry

1838 - 1907

Norman, Henry (first baronet)

1858 - 1939
1836-1917, physician, British

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett

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

Emil Busch AG

1845
1852-1926, amateur photographer, brewer, British

Adams, Edgar Tarry

1852 - 1926

Lyons, Henry

1864 - 1944
1867-1944,active 1890-1920s, inventor; scientific & medical instrument maker, Austrian

Castagna, Ludwig

1867 - 1944
1857-1969, optical instrument makers (microscope), London, England

James Swift and Son Limited

1857 - 1969
1861-1927, zoologist, British

Shipley, Sir Arthur Everett

1861 - 1927
1851-1922, artist; 'Spy' caricaturist for Vanity Fair magazine from 1873-1911, British

Ward, Sir Leslie

1851 - 1922
1839-1902, manufacturing jeweller; goldsmith; silversith, London, England

Phillips Brothers and Sons

1839 - 1902
1864-1927, mechanical engineer; inventor, British; English

Stuart, Herbert Akroyd

1864 - 1927
active 1834-1981, manufacturers of glass, Barnsley, England

Wood Brothers Glass Company Limited

1834 - 1981
active 1859 -1948, psychiatric hospital, Sussex, England

Brighton Mental Asylum

1859 - 1948
active 1851-1875, optician, mathematical & philosophical instrument maker, Liverpool, England

A Abraham and Company

1851 - 1890
1837-c.1969, optical instrument manufacturer, London, England

W Watson and Sons Limited

1837 - 1969
1857-1960s?, manufacturer of laundry machines and appliances, Manchester, England

Thomas Bradford and Company

1850 - 1991
1838-current , shipping company, United Kingdom; Canada

The Cunard Line

1838
1857-about 1948, manufacturer of sewing machines, American

Willcox and Gibbs Sewing Machine Company

1857
active 1867-?, surgical instrument maker, Tuttlingen, Germany

Jetter and Scheerer

1867
active 1851-1950, globe maker; mathematical & scientific instrument maker; optician, London, England, British

Newton and Company Limited

1851
1864-1916, engineer; cientific instrument maker, London, England

R W Munro and Company

1864 - 1916
1838-1900, meteorologist, British

Symons, George James

1838 - 1900
active 1900-1912, physician, British

Alabone, Edwin William

1848 - 1913
1859-1897, optical, mathematical & philosophical instrument maker, London, England, British

Ross and Company

1859 - 1897
1862-1969, brand 1862-1988, confectionary manufacturer, British

Rowntree

1862 - 1988
1854-1912, railway company, United Kingdom

London, Tilbury & Southend Railway

1854 - 1912
1836-1939, steam locomotive manufacturer, Patricroft, Salford, England

Nasmyth Wilson and Company Limited

1836 - 1939
1865-1957, tenor; opera singer; collector, Italian

Gorga, Evangelista

1865 - 1957
1844-1940, physicist; inventor, French

Branly, Edouard

1844 - 1940
1844-1963, shipbuilders; marine engineers, Dumbarton, Scotand

Wm Denny and Brothers Limited

1844 - 1963
1847-1931, inventor; scientist, American

Edison, Thomas Alva

1847 - 1931

Webb, Francis William

1836 - 1906

Kipping, Frederic Stanley

1863 - 1949

Thorpe, Thomas Edward

1845 - 1925

Perkin, William Henry

1860 - 1929

Flatters, Abraham

1848 - 1929

Darbyshire, Alfred

1839 - 1908

Evans, Lewis

1853 - 1930

Henry Chapman

1835 - 1908

Mergenthaler, Ottmar

1854 - 1899

Thompson, Silvanus Phillips

1851 - 1916

Suter, Richard

1864 - 1959

Kingett, James Charles

1811 - 1916

Young, George Edward

1867 - 1916

Hackworth, Albert

1853 - 1904

Moseley, Charles

1840 - 1887

Peacock, Ralph

1838 - 1928

Perkin, Sir William Henry

1838 - 1907

Harrison, John William

1867 - 1949