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1863-1944, chemist; inventor, Belgian; American

Leo Hendrik Baekeland

1863 - 1944
1853-1914, police officer, French

Alphonse Bertillon

1853 - 1914
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
1851-1964, manufacturer of mathmetical equipment, London

W. H. Harling Ltd

1851 - 1964
active 1863-1924, neurologist, founder of Radionics movement, American

Albert Abrams

1863 - 1924
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
1850-1971, optics manufacturer, Bromley

Wray Optical Works Ltd.

1850 - 1971
1863-1933, spirit photographer, British

William Hope

1863 - 1933
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
1852-1933, folklorist; collector, British

Edward Lovett

1852 - 1933
1861-1956, manufacturer of pencils and pens, New York, United States

American Pencil Company

1861 - 1956
c.1863 - 1946, surgical instrument maker, London, England

Down Bros and Mayer and Phelps Limited

1863
1850s- 1976, pharmaceutical chemist; optician, Leeds, England

Reynolds and Branson Limited

1852 - 1976
1857-?, manufacturer of mauveine dye, Greenford, London, England

Perkin and Sons

1857 - 1874

Flora Shallcross Stone

1851 - 1875
1853-1923, physician; surgeon; author, English; British

Frederick Treves

1853 - 1923
active 1851-1875, optician, mathematical & philosophical instrument maker, Liverpool, England

A Abraham and Company

1851 - 1890
1875-1961, manufacturer of electronic equipment, London

A C Cossor Limited

1859 - 1961
1851-1921, engineer; electrical instrument maker; photographer, French

Jules Carpentier

1851 - 1921
1860-1935, electrical engineer; film-maker, inventor, born Brittany, France

William Kennedy Laurie Dickson

1860 - 1935
Detroit-based portrait photographer, active late 19th-early 20th century

James Arthur

1855 - 1912
1850s-1972, publisher, London, England

Crosby Lockwood and Company

1850 - 1972
1854/5-1922, trapeze artist, aeronaut, acrobat, American

Leona Dare

1855 - 1922

Science and Art Department

1853 - 1899
1851-1966, pharmaceutical chemist; medicinal pastille manufacturer, British

Warrick Brothers Limited

1851 - 1966

Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti

1864 - 1930
Mr

William Friese-Greene

1855 - 1921
1851-1926, physician; medical administrator; surgeon; writer, British

James Cantlie

1851 - 1926
1864-1963, inventor; scientist, Swedish

Carl Edvard Johansson

1864 - 1943
1860-1984, Milton Bradley Company; taken over by Hasbro, Inc. 1984-, American

Milton Bradley Company

1860 - 1984
1860-1930, bacteriologist researching cholera and plague, Russian

Waldemar Mordecai Wolfe Haffkine

1860 - 1930
1852-1936, cutlers and silversmiths, Sheffield

Martin, Hall and Company

1852 - 1936
1856-1987, manufacturing engineer, Leeds

Greenwood and Batley Limited

1856 - 1987
Sir

Oliver Joseph Lodge

1851 - 1940
1851-1912, conjoined twins known as The Two-Headed Nightingale, American

Millie and Christine McKoy

1851 - 1912
1857-1933, railway engineer, British

George Jackson Churchward

1857 - 1933
1859-1897, optical, mathematical & philosophical instrument maker, London, England, British

Ross and Company

1859 - 1897
1863-1930, inventor; electrical engineer; photographer, British; Scottish

Alan Archibald Campbell Swinton

1863 - 1930
1856-, manufacturer of chemicals and chemical products, Griesheim am Main, Germany

Chemische Fabrik Griesheim-Elektron

1856 - 1925
1858-1903, manufacturer of agricultural engines; manufacturer of steam engines, Pershore, England

Edward Humphries and Company Limited

1858 - 1903
1850-1991, pressure gauge manufacturer, German

Schaeffer and Budenberg Ltd.

1850 - 1991