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1836-1917, physician, British

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett

1836 - 1917
1875-1969, meteorological, aviation & surveying instrument manufacturer, London, England

Short and Mason Limited

1875 - 1969
1879-current (2020), manufacturer of surgical instruments, London, England

Downs Surgical Limited

1879
1845-c1955, optical instrument, lens and camera makers, Germany

Emil Busch AG

1845
1878-1969, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, Manchester & London, England

J Halden and Company Limited

1878 - 1969

Norman, Henry (first baronet)

1858 - 1939

Muybridge, Florado Helios

1873 - 1944

Penn-Gaskell, Winifred Ethel

1874 - 1949
1867-1943, dye manufacturer, chemist, Scottish

Morton, James

1867 - 1943
1847-1966, manufacturer of ceramics, Stoke on Trent, England

W T Copeland and Sons Limited

1847 - 1966
active c. 1894-1968, optical instrument maker, London, England

R and J Beck Limited

1867 - 1968
active 1870s-1924, scientific instrument maker, London, England

F Darton and Company

1879 - 1924
1875-1945, inventor active in cinematography, Polish

Proszynski, Kazimierz

1875 - 1945

Kadoorie, Elly (KBE)

1867 - 1944
1869-1986/7, optical instrument maker (microscope & cameras - Leica), Germany

E Leitz

1869 - 1987
active 1859-1995, hospital, Brighton

St Francis Hospital

1859 - 1995

Cross, Charles Frederick

1855 - 1935
1875-1976, manufacturer, Tunstall, British

Alfred Meakin

1875 - 1976
1856-1943, inventor; physicist; mechanical engineer; electrical engineer, Serbian/American

Tesla, Nikola

1856 - 1943
1880-1995, laboratory equipment manufacturer (chemistry, physics), London, England

A Gallenkamp and Company Limited

1880 - 1995
active 1857-1948, manufacturer of precision tools, American

Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing Company

1857 - 1948
1851-1954, locksmith, London, England

Hobbs, Hart and Company Limited

1851 - 1954
1876-1999, manufacturer of microscopes, Vienna, Austria

Reichert

1876 - 1999
1844-1968, tobacco manufacturer, Spitalfields, London, England

Godfrey Phillips Limited

1844 - 1968
c.1863 - 1946, surgical instrument maker, London, England

Down Bros and Mayer and Phelps Limited

1863
1878-1967, motor vehicle and bicycle manufacturer, Coventry, England, British

Rover Company

1878
1857-1950s?, manufacturing chemists, London, England

Alfred Bishop Limited

1857
1851-1940, physicist, English; British

Lodge, Sir Oliver Joseph

1851 - 1940
1875-1951, automotive engineer, Austrian

Porsche, Ferdinand

1875 - 1951
1845-1860, railway company, United Kingdom

Oxford, Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway

1845 - 1860
1849-1907 artist; caricaturist for Vanity Fair, French

Chartran, Theobald

1849 - 1907
1847-1922, teacher of deaf people; inventor of telephone, Scottish; American

Bell, Alexander Graham

1847 - 1922
1835-present, journal, British

Railway Gazette International

1835
1865-1935, physicist, French

Féry, Charles

1865 - 1935
active 1878-1911, scientific instrument manufacturer, London, England

Hicks, James Joseph

1837 - 1916
1841-1880, active 1874, cycle manufacturer, inventor of ball bearing, British

Rudge, Daniel

1841 - 1880
1873-1878, photographer, British

Maull and Company

1873 - 1878
1854-1920, US army physician and surgeon, American

Gorgas, William Crawford

1854 - 1920
1862-1931, engineer, British

Darling, Alfred

1862 - 1931
1850-1971, optics manufacturer, Bromley

Wray Optical Works Ltd.

1850 - 1971
1842-1877, manufacturers, London

Parker Field & Sons

1842 - 1877
1867-1942, cinematographer; film producer, active England from about 1915, American

Urban, Charles

1867 - 1942
Photographer, Inventor

Warnerke, Leon

1837 - 1900
1855-1944, physicist; inventor, English; British

Boys, Sir Charles Vernon

1855 - 1944

Cudworth, William John

1848 - 1909
1860-1922, railway company, United Kingdom

East Coast Joint Stock Railway

1860 - 1922
1862-1982, manufacturer, Chicago

Pullman Car Company

1862 - 1982
c. 1875 -1998, manufacturer of ceramics, Burslem, England

Dunn, Bennett and Company Limited

1878 - 1998
1856-1999, manufacturer of phosphorous; manufacturer of chemicals, Oldbury, England

Albright and Wilson Limited

1856 - 1999
1846-1920, jeweller, Russian

Fabergé, Peter Carl

1846 - 1920