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1839-1897, optical instrument maker, German-born; British

Hilger, Adam

1839 - 1897
1886-1923, Met Office employee, RNVR Lieutenant, RAF Flight Lieutenant, British

Gendle, Albert Edgar

1809 - 1923
1839-1932, shipping company, British

Royal Mail Steam Packet Company

1839 - 1932
1837-1925, locomotive engineer, British

Holden, James

1837 - 1925
1838-;glass manufacturer; politician; photographer; UK

Stone, Benjamin

1838 - 1914
1838-1914, astronomer; mathematician, American

Hill, George William

1838 - 1914
b. 1839, active 1870s-1910s, medallist, French

Tasset, Ernest Paulin

1839 - 1921
1839-1916, professor of chemistry, Romanian

Teclu, Nicolae

1839 - 1916
1836-1939, steam locomotive manufacturer, Patricroft, Salford, England

Nasmyth Wilson and Company Limited

1836 - 1939
1837-1903, active 1860s, photographer; printer, British

Edwards, Ernest

1837 - 1903
1838-1907, chemist, English; British

Perkin, Sir William Henry

1838 - 1907
1836-1903 , obstetric physician, British

Playfair, William Smoult

1836 - 1903
1838-1900, meteorologist, British

Symons, George James

1838 - 1900
1838-1917, inventor of 1900s airship; aircraft manufacturer, German

Zeppelin, Ferdinand Adolf August Heinrich von

1838 - 1917
active 1876-1901, thermometer & hydrometer maker, Nenhaus am Rennwig, Thüringen, Germany

Haak, William

1836 - 1898
1837-1935, soap powder manufacturers, West Bromwich, England, British

Hudson's

1837 - 1935
active 1839-1889, pharmaceutical manufacturer, Dagenham, London, England

May and Baker

1839 - 1889
1839-1909, chemical manufacturer and industrialist, German born; British

Mond, Ludwig

1839 - 1909
1836-1919, painter; arts administrator, British; French-born

Poynter, Sir Edward John

1836 - 1919
1836-1850, railway company, United Kingdom

Great North of England Railway

1836 - 1850
1836-1844, railway company, England, United Kingdom

Brandling Junction Railway Company

1836 - 1844
1837-1902, lawyer, English; British

Brunel, Isambard

1837 - 1902
1836-1919, British

Furley, Sir John

1836 - 1919

Perkin, Sir William Henry

1838 - 1907

Plummer, John James

1806 - 1907

Carus-Wilson, Charles Ashley

1812 - 1942

Kingett, James Charles

1811 - 1916

Darbyshire, Alfred

1839 - 1908

Barton, Robert

1839 - 1839

Webb, Francis William

1836 - 1906

Mond, Ludwig

1839 - 1909
1837-1936, physician; pathologist; hygienist, French

Brouardel, Paul Camille Hippolyte

1837 - 1906

Leader, Robert Eadon

1839 - 1922

Peacock, Ralph

1838 - 1928

Maw, William Henry

1838 - 1924

Daglish, George Heaton

1839 - 1913
1836-1873, die-engraver, British; English

Wyon, Joseph Shepherd

1836 - 1873
1837-1884, die-engraver, British; English

Wyon, Alfred Benjamin

1837 - 1884
1839-1919, locomotive engineer, British

Kirtley, W

1839 - 1919
1839-1902, manufacturing jeweller; goldsmith; silversith, London, England

Phillips Brothers and Sons

1839 - 1902
1836-1927, medallist, French

Borrel, Alfred

1836 - 1927
1836-1909, naturalist, Hungarian

Chyzer, Cornelius

1836 - 1909
1836?-1909, businessman; mechanic; inventor of early type of zip, American

Judson, Whitcomb L

1836 - 1909
1837-1883, circus performer known as General Tom Thumb, American

Stratton, Charles Sherwood

1837 - 1883
1839-1902, inventor of the automatic telephone exchange, American

Strowger, Almon Brown

1839 - 1902
1839-1882, electrical engineer, French

Leclanché, Georges L

1839 - 1882
1839-1902, director of the Royal Italian Navy's Hydrographical Office, Italy

Magnaghi, G. B.

1839 - 1902
1837-1915, physician, French

Bouchard, Charles Jacques

1837 - 1915
1839-1914, Prince of Romania

Carol I, Prince of Romania

1839 - 1914
1836-1918, civil engineer, British

Barry, Sir John Wolfe Wolfe-

1836 - 1918