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1860-1895, physician; pathologist; surgeon, German

Schimmelbusch, Curt

1860 - 1895
1861-1930, scientist; explorer; diplomat; humanitarian, Norwegian

Nansen, Fridtjof

1861 - 1930
1849- , physician; neurologist; anatomist; medallist; sculptor, French

Richer, Paul Marie Louis Pierre

1849 - 1933
1879-1943, telegraph engineer, British

Cox, Kenwrick Cecil

1879 - 1943
photographer

Landrock, Ernst Heinrich

1878 - 1866
1847-1913, astronomer; book collector, British; Scottish; French-born

Lindsay, James Ludovic

1847 - 1913
1883-1898, railway company, Barbados

Barbados Railway

1883 - 1898
1853-1943, medallist, French

Dubois, Henri Alfred Auguste

1853 - 1943
1878-1966, poster artist; painter, British

Edwards, Lionel Dalhousie Robertson

1878 - 1966
Detroit-based portrait photographer, active late 19th-early 20th century

Arthur, James

1855 - 1912
Inventor of Linotype machine, 1854-1899, German

Mergenthaler, Ottmar

1854 - 1899
active 1849-1879, small arms manufacturer, London

Beattie, J

1849 - 1879
1878-1950, poster artist; illustrator, New Zealander

Rowntree, Harry

1878 - 1950
1881-1950s?, manufacturer of dyestuffs; manufacturer of chemicals, Saint Denis, France

Société Anonyme des Matières Colorantes et Produits Chimiques de Saint-Denis

1881 - 1955
1860-1936, inventor; mechanical engineer, American

Curtis, Charles Gordon

1860 - 1936
1816-1923, US Navy Officer, American

Sigsbee, Lt.-Cdr. Charles Dwight

1845 - 1923
1879-1952, designer; ceramicist; painter; poster artist, British

Forsyth, Gordon Mitchell

1879 - 1952
1880-1961, psychologist; paediatrician; writer, American

Gesell, Arnold Lucius

1880 - 1961
1851-1934, mathematician; physicist, German-born; British

Schuster, Sir Arthur

1851 - 1934
1883-1982, painter; poster artist, British

Henderson, Keith

1883 - 1982
photographer

Lehnert, Rudolf Franz

1878 - 1948
1852-1941, medallist, French

Bottee, Louis Alexandre

1852 - 1941
1885-1922, Railway Company, Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Hull, Barnsley & West Riding Junction Railway

1885 - 1922
1872-1959, Professor (electrical engineering), University College London, England

Macgregor-Morris, John

1872 - 1959
1876-1972, chronophotographer, inventor, Irish born; British; French

Bull, Lucien

1876 - 1972
1883-1919, locomotive manufacturer, Preston and Kilmarknock

Dick, Kerr & Company Limited

1883 - 1919
1850-c. 1944, railway engineer, active in the Far East, British

Hanson, Charles Rastrick

1850 - 1944
1874-1955, artist; painter; poster artist; British

Sharp, Dorothea

1874 - 1955
1856-1969, pencil manufacturer, New York City, United States

Eagle Pencil Company

1856 - 1969
1851-1922, artist; 'Spy' caricaturist for Vanity Fair magazine from 1873-1911, British

Ward, Sir Leslie

1851 - 1922
1880-1959, sculptor, American-born; British

Epstein, Sir Jacob

1880 - 1959
1861-1968, manufacturer of ceramics, Hanley, England

G L Ashworth and Brothers Limited

1861 - 1968
1846-1854, railway company, United Kingdom

Shrewsbury & Birmingham Railway

1846 - 1854
1845-1867, manufacturer of gutta-percha products, London, England

Gutta Percha Company

1845 - 1867
1873-1956, active 1919-1938, poster artist, British?

Barribal, William H

1873 - 1956
1883-1960, artist, British

Brundrit, Reginald G

1883 - 1960
1852-1916, teacher, physicist; photographer, British

Worthington, Arthur Mason

1852 - 1916
1853-1927, pharmaceutical scientist; chemist, American

Power, Frederick Belding

1853 - 1927
1885-1958, medallist; artist, American

Lavrillier, Gaston

1885 - 1958
1863-1914, chemist, American

Hall, Charles Martin

1863 - 1914
1868-1940, medallist; sculptor, Swedish

Ohlson, Alfred

1868 - 1940
1850s- 1976, pharmaceutical chemist; optician, Leeds, England

Reynolds and Branson Limited

1852 - 1976
1878-1960, artist; painter; watercolourist; illustrator; poster artist, British

Taylor, Charles William

1878 - 1960
1880-1957, poster artist, British

Rosenvinge, Odin

1880 - 1957
1880-1960, architect, British

Scott, Sir Giles Gilbert

1880 - 1960
1884-1945, manufacturer of pharmaceutical products; manufacturer of dyestuffs, Basle, Switzerland

Society of Chemical Industry in Basel

1884 - 1945
1852-1922, soldier & designer, English; British

Verner, William Willoughby Cole

1852 - 1922
1845-1914, artist; painter; watercolourist, British

Mitchell, William Frederick

1845 - 1914
1864-1959, inventor, British

Smith, George Albert

1864 - 1959
1872-1938, photographer, British

Barton, Emma

1872 - 1938