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1871-1937, physicist, New Zealand-born, British

Rutherford, Ernest

1871 - 1937
1864-1925, locomotive engineer, British

Wainwright, Harry S

1864 - 1925
1896-1930, land and water speed record-holder, American born; British

Segrave, Sir Henry O'Neal de Hane

1896 - 1930
1896-1967, telecommunications equipment manufacturer; scientific instruments, Cambridge, England

Pye Limited

1896 - 1967
1889-1961, philologist, American

Dolch, Edward William

1889 - 1961
1849-1962, locomotive works, Gorton, Manchester

Gorton Works

1849 - 1962
1865-1902, locomotive manufacturer, Gateshead, England

Black, Hawthorn and Company

1865 - 1908
1865-1915, nurse; war heroine, British; English

Cavell, Edith

1865 - 1915
1861-1938, physicist; metrologist, Swiss/French

Guillaume, Charles Edouard

1861 - 1938
1845-1847, railway company, United Kingdom

Great Grimsby & Sheffield Junction Railway

1845 - 1847
1859-1922, railway company, Wales

Burry Port & Gwendraeth Valley Railway

1859 - 1922
1867-1943, civil engineer; physicist, British

Appleyard, Rollo

1867 - 1943
1874-1931, electrical engineer; inventor, British

Clinker, R C

1874 - 1931
1876-1987, manufacturer, Leeds

Greenbat

1876 - 1987
1841-2002, satirical magazine, England

Punch

1841 - 2002
active 1850-1869, philosophical, chemistry & mathematical instrument/scale maker, London, England

Ladd and Oertling

1849 - 1869
c.1884-1964, railway engineer; historian, British

Dewhurst, P C

1884 - 1964
1857-1947, artist, Irish; British

Forbes, Stanhope Alexander

1857 - 1947
1840-1912, physician; toxicologist; forensic scientist; university professor, British

Mann, John Dixon

1840 - 1912
1891-1912, shipbuilders, Port Glasgow, Scotland

A Rodger and Company

1891 - 1912
1862-1930, inventor; industrialist, American

Felt, Dorr Eugene

1862 - 1930
1869-1942, engineer, Danish

Poulsen, Valdemar

1869 - 1942
1893-1979, painter; poster artist, British

Hitchens, Ivon

1893 - 1979
1890-1975, medical missionary; mountaineer, English

Somervell, Theodore Howard

1890 - 1975
1840-1905, engineer, British

Dean, William

1840 - 1905
1850s-1972, publisher, London, England

Crosby Lockwood and Company

1850 - 1972
1864-1922, railway company, Scottish

Callander & Oban Railway

1864 - 1922
1881-,locomotive manufacturer, Stoke on Trent

Kerr, Stuart & Company Limited

1881 - 1930
1881-1961, medallist, French

Benard, Raoul

1881 - 1961
1856-1909, cabinet maker; medallist; sculptor, French

Charpentier, Alexandre Louis Marie

1856 - 1909
1840-1892, physician; naturalist; governor, German

Schnitzer, Eduard

1840 - 1892
1845-1925, chemist, British; English

Thorpe, Thomas Edward

1845 - 1925
1862-1877, railway company, United Kingdom

Bala & Dolgelley Railway

1862 - 1877
1838-1914, astronomer; mathematician, American

Hill, George William

1838 - 1914
1870-1949, artist; painter; poster artist, Dutch; British

Anrooy, Anton van

1870 - 1949
1837-1847, railway company, Chester

Chester & Birkenhead Railway

1837 - 1847
1857-1969, optical instrument makers (microscope), London, England

James Swift and Son Limited

1857 - 1969
1887-1975, engineering; shipbuilding; aero engine manufacturer; road vehicles, Parkhead, Glasgow, Scotland, British

William Beardmore and Company Limited

1887 - 1975
1891-1941, physician; medical researcher, Canadian

Banting, Sir Frederick Grant

1891 - 1941
1873-1934, metrologist, British

Eden, Edgar Mark

1873 - 1934
1860-1935, electrical engineer; film-maker, inventor, born Brittany, France

Dickson, William Kennedy Laurie

1860 - 1935
b. 1839, active 1870s-1910s, medallist, French

Tasset, Ernest Paulin

1839 - 1921
1843-1888, painter; printmaker, French

Rajon, Paul Adolphe

1843 - 1888
1843-1894, shipbuilder, England

Money, Wigram and Sons

1843 - 1894
1863-1949, dentist, British

Ackland, William Robert

1863 - 1949
1872-1918, Empress of Russia, Consort of Nicolas II, from 1894-1918

Fyodorovna, Alexandra

1872 - 1918
1841-1925, aviation engineer, French

Ader, Clement

1841 - 1925
1847-1870, manufacturer of cermaics, Belgium

J B Cappellemans, Willems Smith et Cie

1847 - 1870
1846-1917, painter; etcher, English; British

Hole, William Brassey

1846 - 1917
1868-1938, engineer, ship model restorer, Paston, Peterborough, England, British

Ihlee, Frederick Charles

1868 - 1938