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1867-1934, physicist; chemist, Polish-born; French

Marie Curie

1867 - 1934
active c. 1894-1968, optical instrument maker, London, England

R and J Beck Limited

1867 - 1968
1869-1986/7, optical instrument maker (microscope & cameras - Leica), Germany

E Leitz

1869 - 1987
1863-1944, chemist; inventor, Belgian; American

Leo Hendrik Baekeland

1863 - 1944
1843-1910, microbiologist and Nobel prize winner, German

Robert Koch

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

Godfrey Phillips Limited

1844 - 1968
1853-1914, police officer, French

Alphonse Bertillon

1853 - 1914
1845-c1955, optical instrument, lens and camera makers, Germany

Emil Busch AG

1845
active 1853-1921, optical, mathematical, philosophical & electrical inst. maker, London, England

Elliott Brothers

1853 - 1921
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
1857-1969, optical instrument makers (microscope), London, England

James Swift and Son Limited

1857 - 1969
1861-1968, manufacturer of ceramics, Hanley, England

G L Ashworth and Brothers Limited

1861 - 1968

Edward Walter Maunder

1851 - 1928
1853-1863, manufacturer of sewing machines and surgical needles, American

Singer Manufacturing Company

1853 - 1863
active 1859 -1948, psychiatric hospital, Sussex, England

Brighton Mental Asylum

1859 - 1948
1844-1940, physicist; inventor, French

Edouard Branly

1844 - 1940
active 1871-1959, manufactuer of sewing machines; manufacturer of calculating machines, Braunschweig, Germany

Grimme Natalis and Co

1871 - 1959
1844-1918, inventor, artist, France

Charles-Emile Reynaud

1844 - 1918
active 1868-1968, optical instrument maker; clock maker, Manchester, England

Brother, Thomas Armstrong and

1868 - 1968

Otto Lilienthal

1848 - 1896
active 1863-1924, neurologist, founder of Radionics movement, American

Albert Abrams

1863 - 1924
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
active 1857-1948, manufacturer of precision tools, American

Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing Company

1857 - 1948
1864 - present, Wales, manufacturer

Powell Duffryn Engineering Company Limited

1864
Sir

Hiram Stevens Maxim

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

W T Copeland and Sons Limited

1847 - 1966
1863-1933, spirit photographer, British

William Hope

1863 - 1933
active 1866-1926, camera manufacturer, Blackheath, London, England

W Butcher and Sons

1866 - 1926
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
1859-1965, manufacturer of soap and tooth powder, Manchester

F C Calvert and Company

1859 - 1965

Manchester Corporation Waterworks

1848 - 1971
1852-1933, folklorist; collector, British

Edward Lovett

1852 - 1933
1839-1902, manufacturing jeweller; goldsmith; silversith, London, England

Phillips Brothers and Sons

1839 - 1902
c.1863 - 1946, surgical instrument maker, London, England

Down Bros and Mayer and Phelps Limited

1863
1861-1956, manufacturer of pencils and pens, New York, United States

American Pencil Company

1861 - 1956
1871-1955, civil engineer; inventor; patentee of the vacuum cleaner, English; British

Hubert Cecil Booth

1871 - 1955
1845-c. 1955, lens manufacturer; scientific instrument maker, Paris, France

Lerebours et Secretan

1845 - 1955
1867-1943, dye manufacturer, chemist, Scottish

James Morton

1867 - 1943
1871-1940, naturalist, photographer and documentary film maker, British

Cherry Kearton

1871 - 1940
Sir

Elly Kadoorie

1867 - 1944
1847-1922, teacher of deaf people; inventor of telephone, Scottish; American

Alexander Graham Bell

1847 - 1922
1872-1981, clock and electrical equipment manufacturer, Leicester, England

Gents' of Leicester

1872 - 1981
active 1868-1982, adhesive products manufacturer, London

Samuel Jones and Company Limited

1868 - 1982
active 1867-?, surgical instrument maker, Tuttlingen, Germany

Jetter and Scheerer

1867
1850s- 1976, pharmaceutical chemist; optician, Leeds, England

Reynolds and Branson Limited

1852 - 1976