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

Emil Busch AG

1845
1853-1917, inventor; camera manufacturer; manufacturer of optical devices; camera retailer, Belgian

van Neck, Louis

1853 - 1917
1839-1932, shipping company, British

Royal Mail Steam Packet Company

1839 - 1932
1838-1907, chemist, English; British

Perkin, Sir William Henry

1838 - 1907
1850-1892, doctor; murderer, British; American

Cream, Thomas Neill

1850 - 1892
1843-1910, microbiologist and Nobel prize winner, German

Koch, Robert

1843 - 1910

Maxim, Hiram Stevens

1840 - 1916
1850-1917, inventor, film maker, chronophotographer, physiologist, French

Demeny, Georges

1850 - 1917
1846-1926, ophthalmologist, Swiss

Landolt, Edmund

1846 - 1926
1857-about 1948, manufacturer of sewing machines, American

Willcox and Gibbs Sewing Machine Company

1857
1842-, manufacturer of ceramics, Burslem, England

John Maddock and Sons Limited

1842
1849-1907 artist; caricaturist for Vanity Fair, French

Chartran, Theobald

1849 - 1907
1847-1922, teacher of deaf people; inventor of telephone, Scottish; American

Bell, Alexander Graham

1847 - 1922
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
1850-1971, optics manufacturer, Bromley

Wray Optical Works Ltd.

1850 - 1971
1842-1877, manufacturers, London

Parker Field & Sons

1842 - 1877
1855-1944, physicist; inventor, English; British

Boys, Sir Charles Vernon

1855 - 1944

Cudworth, William John

1848 - 1909
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
dedupe to Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway

1847 - 1923
1843-1913, educational reformer; politician, British

Stuart, James

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

Norman, Sir Henry

1858 - 1939
1854-1932, inventor; businessman, American

Eastman, George

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

Auer von Welsbach, Carl

1858 - 1929
1839-1913, mechanical engineer, British

Daglish, George Heaton

1839 - 1913
1854, vessel; screw sloop

HMS Curlew (1854)

1854 - 1865
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

Watherston, Edward James

1839 - 1904

Smith, Watson

1845 - 1920
active 1868-1909/14, optical & mathematical instrument maker, Irish; British

Grubb, Sir Howard

1844 - 1931

Corbett, Joseph

1842 - 1913

Shallcross Stone, Flora

1851 - 1875

Ayrton, Hertha

1854 - 1923

Chapman Jones, Henry

1854 - 1932

Hopkinson, John (FRS)

1849 - 1898

Sherrington, Charles Scott

1857 - 1952

Forel, François Alphonse

1841 - 1912

Norman, Henry (first baronet)

1858 - 1939

Plummer, John James

1806 - 1907

Chambers, George Frederick

1841 - 1915

Boys, Charles Vernon

1855 - 1944

Davis, George Edward

1850 - 1907