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1836-1917, physician, British

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson

1836 - 1917
1838-1907, chemist, English; British

William Henry Perkin

1838 - 1907
1843-1910, microbiologist and Nobel prize winner, German

Robert Koch

1843 - 1910
1844-1968, tobacco manufacturer, Spitalfields, London, England

Godfrey Phillips Limited

1844 - 1968
1837-c.1969, optical instrument manufacturer, London, England

W Watson and Sons Limited

1837 - 1969
1845-c1955, optical instrument, lens and camera makers, Germany

Emil Busch AG

1845
1857-1960s?, manufacturer of laundry machines and appliances, Manchester, England

Thomas Bradford and Company

1850 - 1991
1851-1954, locksmith, London, England

Hobbs, Hart and Company Limited

1851 - 1954
1836-1906, camera manufacturer, Northern Irish; British

Samuel Dunseith McKellen

1836 - 1906

Edward Walter Maunder

1851 - 1928
active 1878-1911, scientific instrument manufacturer, London, England

James Joseph Hicks

1837 - 1916
1844-1940, physicist; inventor, French

Edouard Branly

1844 - 1940
1844-1918, inventor, artist, France

Charles-Emile Reynaud

1844 - 1918

Otto Lilienthal

1848 - 1896
1842-1978, camera and film manufacturer, Binghamton, N.Y.

Ansco

1842 - 1967
1851-1964, manufacturer of mathmetical equipment, London

W. H. Harling Ltd

1851 - 1964
1847-1931, inventor; scientist, American

Thomas Alva Edison

1847 - 1931
Sir

Hiram Stevens Maxim

1840 - 1916
1847-1966, manufacturer of ceramics, Stoke on Trent, England

W T Copeland and Sons Limited

1847 - 1966
1850-1971, optics manufacturer, Bromley

Wray Optical Works Ltd.

1850 - 1971
1839-1932, shipping company, British

Royal Mail Steam Packet Company

1839 - 1932
1850-1917, inventor, film maker, chronophotographer, physiologist, French

Georges Demeny

1850 - 1917

Manchester Corporation Waterworks

1848 - 1971
1839-1902, manufacturing jeweller; goldsmith; silversith, London, England

Phillips Brothers and Sons

1839 - 1902
1845-c. 1955, lens manufacturer; scientific instrument maker, Paris, France

Lerebours et Secretan

1845 - 1955
1847-1922, teacher of deaf people; inventor of telephone, Scottish; American

Alexander Graham Bell

1847 - 1922
active 1851-1875, optician, mathematical & philosophical instrument maker, Liverpool, England

A Abraham and Company

1851 - 1890

Flora Shallcross Stone

1851 - 1875
1851-1921, engineer; electrical instrument maker; photographer, French

Jules Carpentier

1851 - 1921
1845-1867, manufacturer of gutta-percha products, London, England

Gutta Percha Company

1845 - 1867
1850s-1972, publisher, London, England

Crosby Lockwood and Company

1850 - 1972
1845-1978, engineers and machinery manufacturers, Salford and Manchester, England

Mather and Platt Limited

1845 - 1978
active 1863-1918, optician, optical designer, spectacle manufacturer & collector, English; British

Matthew William Dunscombe

1841 - 1918
1847-1962, confectioners, Birmingham

Cadbury Brothers Limited

1847
1848-1928, Inventor, American, America

Lewis Howard Latimer

1848 - 1928
1849-2002, joint stock company, British

Railway Passengers Assurance Company

1849 - 2002
1842-, manufacturer of ceramics, Burslem, England

John Maddock and Sons Limited

1842
1851-1966, pharmaceutical chemist; medicinal pastille manufacturer, British

Warrick Brothers Limited

1851 - 1966
1836 or 1837-1911, carriage and wagon superintendent, British; English

Thomas Whitelegg

1836 - 1911
1846-, iron founder, West Bromwich, England

Joseph and Jesse Siddons

1846
Sir

Oliver Joseph Lodge

1851 - 1940
1851-1926, physician; medical administrator; surgeon; writer, British

James Cantlie

1851 - 1926
1816-1923, US Navy Officer, American

Lt.-Cdr. Charles Dwight Sigsbee

1845 - 1923
active 1849-1879, small arms manufacturer, London

J Beattie

1849 - 1879
1839-1913, optical, mathematical & electrical instrument maker, British

Alfred Apps

1839 - 1913
1851-1912, conjoined twins known as The Two-Headed Nightingale, American

Millie and Christine McKoy

1851 - 1912
1850-1991, pressure gauge manufacturer, German

Schaeffer and Budenberg Ltd.

1850 - 1991
1836?-1909, businessman; mechanic; inventor of early type of zip, American

Whitcomb L Judson

1836 - 1909

Charles Grover

1842 - 1902
1898-1915, magazine, English; British

The Girl's Realm

1811 - 1911