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

Cantlie, Sir James

1851 - 1926
1857-1933, railway engineer, British

Churchward, George Jackson

1857 - 1933

Manchester Corporation Waterworks

1848 - 1971
1847-1922, teacher of deaf people; inventor of telephone, Scottish; American

Bell, Alexander Graham

1847 - 1922

Norman, Henry (first baronet)

1858 - 1939
1856-1937, photographer and inventor, American

Ives, Frederic Eugene

1856 - 1937
1838-1907, chemist, English; British

Perkin, Sir William Henry

1838 - 1907
1841-1914, inventor of a semi-automatic bottle-making machine, British

Ashley, Howard Matravers

1841 - 1914
1853-1863, manufacturer of sewing machines and surgical needles, American

Singer Manufacturing Company

1853 - 1863
1850s- 1976, pharmaceutical chemist; optician, Leeds, England

Reynolds and Branson Limited

1852 - 1976
1861-1956, manufacturer of pencils and pens, New York, United States

American Pencil Company

1861 - 1956

Hooper and Company (Coachbuilders) Limited

1846 - 1859

Science and Art Department

1853 - 1899
1850-1991, pressure gauge manufacturer, German

Schaeffer and Budenberg Ltd.

1850 - 1991
1846-1959, coachbuilder, London

Hooper and Company (Coachbuilders) Limited

1846 - 1859
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
1842-, manufacturer of ceramics, Burslem, England

John Maddock and Sons Limited

1842
active 1851-1950, globe maker; mathematical & scientific instrument maker; optician, London, England, British

Newton and Company Limited

1851
1849-1907 artist; caricaturist for Vanity Fair, French

Chartran, Theobald

1849 - 1907
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
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
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
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
1837-1846, railway company, United Kingdom

Manchester & Birmingham Railway

1837 - 1846
1843-1913, educational reformer; politician, British

Stuart, James

1843 - 1913
1858-1939, journalist; politician, British; English

Norman, Sir Henry

1858 - 1939
1862-1912, mechanical engineer, German?

Zodel, Louis

1862 - 1912
1854-1932, inventor; businessman, American

Eastman, George

1854 - 1932
1858-1929, scientist; inventor, Austrian

Auer von Welsbach, Carl

1858 - 1929
1862-present, pen manufacturer, Birmingham

C. Brandauer & Co

1862
1839-1913, mechanical engineer, British

Daglish, George Heaton

1839 - 1913
1854, vessel; screw sloop

HMS Curlew (1854)

1854 - 1865
1861-1935, wrote letter in 1917 on 'les moteurs a petrole pour sous-marins', French

Rey, Jean Alexandre

1861 - 1935
1851-1930, professor of botany; reporter; editor, British; Scottish

Watt, Sir George

1851 - 1930
1849-1925, mathematician, Prussian; German

Klein, Christian Felix

1849 - 1925
1846-1929, engine designer; industrialist, German

Maybach, Wilhelm

1846 - 1929
1843-1919, lawyer; microscopist, British; English

Crisp, Sir Frank

1843 - 1919

Lang, Viktor von

1838 - 1921

Berndt, Rudolph

1838 - 1919

Weinhold, Adolf Ferdinand

1841 - 1917