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

Emil Busch AG

1845
1858-1921, British navy steam/sail ship, used 1872-1876 oceanagraphic expedition, British

HMS Challenger

1858 - 1921
1854/5-1922, trapeze artist, aeronaut, acrobat, American

Dare, Leona

1855 - 1922
1858-1903, manufacturer of agricultural engines; manufacturer of steam engines, Pershore, England

Edward Humphries and Company Limited

1858 - 1903
1857-about 1948, manufacturer of sewing machines, American

Willcox and Gibbs Sewing Machine Company

1857
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
1854-1920, US army physician and surgeon, American

Gorgas, William Crawford

1854 - 1920
1850-1971, optics manufacturer, Bromley

Wray Optical Works Ltd.

1850 - 1971
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
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
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

Smith, Watson

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

Grubb, Sir Howard

1844 - 1931
dedupe to Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway

1847 - 1923
1844-1846, railway company, England, United Kingdom

Brighton & Chichester Railway

1844 - 1846
1851-1940, physicist, English; British

Lodge, Sir Oliver Joseph

1851 - 1940
1845-1860, railway company, United Kingdom

Oxford, Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway

1845 - 1860

Shallcross Stone, Flora

1851 - 1875

Ayrton, Hertha

1854 - 1923

Chapman Jones, Henry

1854 - 1932

Hopkinson, John (FRS)

1849 - 1898

Sherrington, Charles Scott

1857 - 1952

Norman, Henry (first baronet)

1858 - 1939

Plummer, John James

1806 - 1907

Boys, Charles Vernon

1855 - 1944

Davis, George Edward

1850 - 1907

Carus-Wilson, Charles Ashley

1812 - 1942

Kingsbury, John Edward

1855 - 1948

Trotter, Alexander Pelham

1857 - 1947

Ramsay, William

1852 - 1916

Maunder, Edward Walter

1851 - 1928

Baracchi, Pietro Paolo Giovanni Ernesto

1851 - 1926

Lucas, Francis Robert

1849 - 1931

Pearson, Weetman Dickinson (first Viscount Cowdray)

1856 - 1927

Muir, Matthew Moncrieff Pattison

1848 - 1931

Banks, Robert

1846 - 1927

Burrow, John Charles

1852 - 1914

Serviss, Garrett Putnam

1851 - 1929

Lodge, Oliver Joseph

1851 - 1940

Crompton, Rookes Evelyn Bell

1845 - 1940

Gimingham, Charles Henry

1853 - 1890