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1838-1862, railway company, Scottish

Dundee & Arbroath Railway

1838 - 1880
1860-1903, railway company, Northern Ireland

Belfast & Northern Counties Railway

1805 - 1903
1839-1846, railway company, Cheddington

Aylesbury Railway

1839 - 1846
1840-1874, railway company, Northumberland

Blyth & Tyne Railway

1840 - 1874
1878-1924, railway company, United Kingdom

Ballycastle Railway

1812 - 1924
c1840-1882, photographer, United States, Irish; American

O'Sullivan, Timothy H

1840 - 1882
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
1842-1909, astronomical instrument maker, French

Gautier, Paul Ferdinand

1842 - 1909
c. 1840, d. 1920, music composer; teacher; singer, British? active Italy, Spain, London

Slater, Edward

1840 - 1920
1842-1919, dermatologist, French

Hallopeau, Francois Henri

1842 - 1919
1839-1932, shipping company, British

Royal Mail Steam Packet Company

1839 - 1932
1841-1928, physician; anatomist, Polish

Laskowski, Sigismond L

1841 - 1928
1838-;glass manufacturer; politician; photographer; UK

Stone, Benjamin

1838 - 1914
1841-2002, satirical magazine, England

Punch

1841 - 2002
1840-1912, physician; toxicologist; forensic scientist; university professor, British

Mann, John Dixon

1840 - 1912
1840-1905, engineer, British

Dean, William

1840 - 1905
1840-1892, physician; naturalist; governor, German

Schnitzer, Eduard

1840 - 1892
1838-1914, astronomer; mathematician, American

Hill, George William

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

Tasset, Ernest Paulin

1839 - 1921
1841-1925, aviation engineer, French

Ader, Clement

1841 - 1925
1842-1927, artist, English; British

Somerscales, Thomas Jaques

1842 - 1927
1842-1890, inventor, motion picture pioneer, Metz, France

Le Prince, Louis Aimé Augustin

1842 - 1890
1842-1920, inventor; industrialist, Swedish

Nordenfelt, Thorsten Wilhelm

1842 - 1920
1839-1916, professor of chemistry, Romanian

Teclu, Nicolae

1839 - 1916
1842-1921, printers, Carlisle

Scott and Benson

1842 - 1921
1838-1907, chemist, English; British

Perkin, Sir William Henry

1838 - 1907
1840-1901, Consort of Frederick, Emperor of Germany

Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa

1840 - 1901
1838-1900, meteorologist, British

Symons, George James

1838 - 1900
1842-1927, medallist, Swiss

Landry, Fritz Ulysse

1842 - 1927
1838-1917, inventor of 1900s airship; aircraft manufacturer, German

Zeppelin, Ferdinand Adolf August Heinrich von

1838 - 1917
1841-1915, physician, British

Oliver, George

1841 - 1915
active 1839-1889, pharmaceutical manufacturer, Dagenham, London, England

May and Baker

1839 - 1889
1841-1914, inventor of a semi-automatic bottle-making machine, British

Ashley, Howard Matravers

1841 - 1914
1841-1912, scientist; music theorist, British

Bosanquet, Robert Holford Macdowall

1841 - 1912
1839-1909, chemical manufacturer and industrialist, German born; British

Mond, Ludwig

1839 - 1909
1840-1921, inventor, British

Dunlop, John Boyd

1840 - 1921
1840-1852, railway company, British

Stockton & Hartlepool Railway

1840 - 1852
1842-1909, anatomist; histologist; inventor; French

Malassez, Louis-Charles

1842 - 1909
1840-1913, astronomer, Irish

Ball, Sir Robert Stawell

1840 - 1913
1841-1904, explorer, journalist, British; Welsh

Stanley, Sir Henry Morton

1841 - 1904
1841-1916, ophthalmologist; surgeon, German

Hippel, Arthur von

1841 - 1916

Corbett, Joseph

1842 - 1913

Perkin, Sir William Henry

1838 - 1907

Forel, François Alphonse

1841 - 1912

Plummer, John James

1806 - 1907

Chambers, George Frederick

1841 - 1915

Carus-Wilson, Charles Ashley

1812 - 1942

Kingett, James Charles

1811 - 1916

Moseley, Charles

1840 - 1887