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1861-1938, physicist; metrologist, Swiss/French

Guillaume, Charles Edouard

1861 - 1938
1867-1943, civil engineer; physicist, British

Appleyard, Rollo

1867 - 1943
1874-1931, electrical engineer; inventor, British

Clinker, R C

1874 - 1931
active 1850-1869, philosophical, chemistry & mathematical instrument/scale maker, London, England

Ladd and Oertling

1849 - 1869
c.1884-1964, railway engineer; historian, British

Dewhurst, P C

1884 - 1964
1857-1947, artist, Irish; British

Forbes, Stanhope Alexander

1857 - 1947
1862-1930, inventor; industrialist, American

Felt, Dorr Eugene

1862 - 1930
1869-1942, engineer, Danish

Poulsen, Valdemar

1869 - 1942
1850s-1972, publisher, London, England

Crosby Lockwood and Company

1850 - 1972
1881-,locomotive manufacturer, Stoke on Trent

Kerr, Stuart & Company Limited

1881 - 1930
1881-1961, medallist, French

Benard, Raoul

1881 - 1961
1856-1909, cabinet maker; medallist; sculptor, French

Charpentier, Alexandre Louis Marie

1856 - 1909
1845-1925, chemist, British; English

Thorpe, Thomas Edward

1845 - 1925
1870-1949, artist; painter; poster artist, Dutch; British

Anrooy, Anton van

1870 - 1949
1857-1969, optical instrument makers (microscope), London, England

James Swift and Son Limited

1857 - 1969
1873-1934, metrologist, British

Eden, Edgar Mark

1873 - 1934
1860-1935, electrical engineer; film-maker, inventor, born Brittany, France

Dickson, William Kennedy Laurie

1860 - 1935
1863-1949, dentist, British

Ackland, William Robert

1863 - 1949
1872-1918, Empress of Russia, Consort of Nicolas II, from 1894-1918

Fyodorovna, Alexandra

1872 - 1918
1847-1870, manufacturer of cermaics, Belgium

J B Cappellemans, Willems Smith et Cie

1847 - 1870
1846-1917, painter; etcher, English; British

Hole, William Brassey

1846 - 1917
1868-1938, engineer, ship model restorer, Paston, Peterborough, England, British

Ihlee, Frederick Charles

1868 - 1938
1866-1913, sculptor; medallist, French

Champeil, Jean Baptiste Antoine

1866 - 1913
1846-1920, active 1888, machine maker; inventor of a type of air separator, British

Moodie, Robert

1846 - 1920
naturalist; photographer; filmmaker; 1880-1945; UK

Smith, F Percy

1880 - 1945
1865-1936, physician; surgeon, British

Moynihan, Berkeley George Andrew

1865 - 1936
1880-1976, manufacturer of machinery, Bad Homburg, Germany

Maschinenfabrik Michael KAMPF KG

1880 - 1976
1857-1932, bacteriologist, Scottish; British

Ross, Sir Ronald

1857 - 1932
1851-1865, railway company, Glamorgan, Wales

Vale of Neath Railway

1851 - 1865
1880-1958, sexologist; advocate of birth control, British; Scottish

Stopes, Marie

1880 - 1958
1884-1976, Locomotive engineer, British

Hawksworth, Frederick W

1884 - 1976
1885-1940, railway company, Somerset

Weston, Clevedon & Portishead Railway

1885 - 1940
1854-1932, medical health officer; toxicologist, British; English

Hill, Alfred Bostock

1854 - 1932
1854-1918, cinematography pioneer, American

Acres, Birt

1854 - 1918
1858-1929, physician, British

Davies, Arthur Templer

1858 - 1929
1877-1933, poster artist; illustrator, British

Higgins, Reginald Edward

1877 - 1933
1885-1957, wood engraver; autobiographer; poster artist, British

Raverat, Gwen

1885 - 1957
1884-1964, Lord Brabazon of Tara; aviation pioneer; politician, British

Moore-Brabazon, John Theodore Cuthbert

1884 - 1964
1853-1936, collector; pharmacist; benefactor, American; naturalised British

Wellcome, Sir Henry Solomon

1853 - 1936
1867-1938, physiologist, French

Pachon, Michel Victor

1867 - 1938
1849-1923, surgeon, active in Ireland, New Zealander

Ormsby, Sir Lambert Hepenstal

1849 - 1923
1877-1910, motor car promoter; aviator, British; English

Rolls, Charles Stewart

1877 - 1910
1872-1934, artist, British; English

Dixon, Charles

1872 - 1934
1856-1929, camera manufacturer and photographer, British

Sanderson, Frederick Herbert

1856 - 1929
1864-1895, railway company, United Kingdom

Solway Junction Railway

1864 - 1895
1859-1935, aircraft designer; engineer, German

Junkers, Hugo

1859 - 1935
1858-1924, artist and poster designer, French

Gray, Henri

1858 - 1924
1871-1952, engineer, British

Collett, Charles B

1871 - 1952
1871-1913, physician, Irish

Alcock, Nathaniel Henry

1871 - 1913
1866-1952, artist; portraitist; medallist, American

Emmet, Lydia Field

1866 - 1952