Search our collection

Clear all filters
Occupation
Place born
Organisation / Person
Date (born / died)
1845-c1955, optical instrument, lens and camera makers, Germany

Emil Busch AG

1845
1843-1910, microbiologist and Nobel prize winner, German

Koch, Robert

1843 - 1910
1851-1954, locksmith, London, England

Hobbs, Hart and Company Limited

1851 - 1954
1857-1960s?, manufacturer of laundry machines and appliances, Manchester, England

Thomas Bradford and Company

1850 - 1991

Maunder, Edward Walter

1851 - 1928
1844-1968, tobacco manufacturer, Spitalfields, London, England

Godfrey Phillips Limited

1844 - 1968
1842-1978, camera and film manufacturer, Binghamton, N.Y.

Ansco

1842 - 1967
1842-, manufacturer of ceramics, Burslem, England

John Maddock and Sons Limited

1842
1846-, iron founder, West Bromwich, England

Joseph and Jesse Siddons

1846
1844-1918, inventor, artist, France

Reynaud, Charles-Emile

1844 - 1918

Lilienthal, Otto

1848 - 1896
active 1846-current (2005), printers, Merseyside, England

McCorquodale and Company Limited

1846
1850-1971, optics manufacturer, Bromley

Wray Optical Works Ltd.

1850 - 1971
1851-1964, manufacturer of mathmetical equipment, London

W. H. Harling Ltd

1851 - 1964
1847-1966, manufacturer of ceramics, Stoke on Trent, England

W T Copeland and Sons Limited

1847 - 1966
1847-1931, inventor; scientist, American

Edison, Thomas Alva

1847 - 1931
1845-c. 1955, lens manufacturer; scientific instrument maker, Paris, France

Lerebours et Secretan

1845 - 1955
1850-1917, inventor, film maker, chronophotographer, physiologist, French

Demeny, Georges

1850 - 1917

Shallcross Stone, Flora

1851 - 1875

Maxim, Hiram Stevens

1840 - 1916
1847-1962, confectioners, Birmingham

Cadbury Brothers Limited

1847
active 1851-1875, optician, mathematical & philosophical instrument maker, Liverpool, England

A Abraham and Company

1851 - 1890

Manchester Corporation Waterworks

1848 - 1971
active 1890s?-1945, optical instrument maker, Jena, Germany

Carl Zeiss, Jena

1846
1845-1978, engineers and machinery manufacturers, Salford and Manchester, England

Mather and Platt Limited

1845 - 1978
1848-1928, Inventor, American, America

Latimer, Lewis Howard

1848 - 1928
1849-2002, joint stock company, British

Railway Passengers Assurance Company

1849 - 2002
1851-1921, engineer; electrical instrument maker; photographer, French

Carpentier, Jules

1851 - 1921
active 1863-1918, optician, optical designer, spectacle manufacturer & collector, English; British

Dunscombe, Matthew William

1841 - 1918
1847-1922, teacher of deaf people; inventor of telephone, Scottish; American

Bell, Alexander Graham

1847 - 1922
1850s-1972, publisher, London, England

Crosby Lockwood and Company

1850 - 1972
active 1851-1950, globe maker; mathematical & scientific instrument maker; optician, London, England, British

Newton and Company Limited

1851
active 1849-1879, small arms manufacturer, London

Beattie, J

1849 - 1879

Lodge, Oliver Joseph

1851 - 1940
1851-1926, physician; medical administrator; surgeon; writer, British

Cantlie, Sir James

1851 - 1926
1851-1966, pharmaceutical chemist; medicinal pastille manufacturer, British

Warrick Brothers Limited

1851 - 1966
1851-1912, conjoined twins known as The Two-Headed Nightingale, American

McKoy, Millie and Christine

1851 - 1912
about 1845-1907, photographic and magic lantern retailer, Cheapside, London

Benetfink

1845 - 1907
1845-1867, manufacturer of gutta-percha products, London, England

Gutta Percha Company

1845 - 1867
1841-1903, astronomer; astronomical photographer, English; British

Common, Andrew Anslie

1841 - 1903
1843-1913, ceramics manufacturer, Lambeth, Surrey, England, British

James Stiff and Sons

1843 - 1913

Davis, George Edward

1850 - 1907
1898-1915, magazine, English; British

The Girl's Realm

1811 - 1911
1846-1922, railway company, London

Great Northern Railway

1846 - 1922
active 1851-1899(?), optician, meteorological, mathematical & philosophical instrument maker, London

Pastorelli and Company

1851 - 1899

Grover, Charles

1842 - 1902
1850-1991, pressure gauge manufacturer, German

Schaeffer and Budenberg Ltd.

1850 - 1991
1842-1909, anatomist; histologist; inventor; French

Malassez, Louis-Charles

1842 - 1909
1840-1916, engineer; inventor, American-born, British

Maxim, Sir Hiram Stevens

1840 - 1916
1850-1888, electrical engineer; inventor; patentee, French

Gaulard, Lucien

1850 - 1888