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active c. 1894-1968, optical instrument maker, London, England

R and J Beck Limited

1867 - 1968
1853-1914, police officer, French

Bertillon, Alphonse

1853 - 1914
1863-1944, chemist; inventor, Belgian; American

Baekeland, Leo Hendrik

1863 - 1944
1869-1986/7, optical instrument maker (microscope & cameras - Leica), Germany

E Leitz

1869 - 1987
active 1853-1921, optical, mathematical, philosophical & electrical inst. maker, London, England

Elliott Brothers

1853 - 1921
1851-1954, locksmith, London, England

Hobbs, Hart and Company Limited

1851 - 1954
c.1863 - 1946, surgical instrument maker, London, England

Down Bros and Mayer and Phelps Limited

1863
1857-1969, optical instrument makers (microscope), London, England

James Swift and Son Limited

1857 - 1969

Maunder, Edward Walter

1851 - 1928
1853-1863, manufacturer of sewing machines and surgical needles, American

Singer Manufacturing Company

1853 - 1863
active 1867-?, surgical instrument maker, Tuttlingen, Germany

Jetter and Scheerer

1867
1861-1968, manufacturer of ceramics, Hanley, England

G L Ashworth and Brothers Limited

1861 - 1968
b. 1866, amateur photographer (active in Russia), British

Stewart, Herbert Galloway

1866
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
1856-1960s?, manufacturer of lifting equipment, pumps and engines, Birmingham, England

Tangyes Limited

1856
1867-1934, physicist; chemist, Polish-born; French

Curie, Marie

1867 - 1934
active 1866-1926, camera manufacturer, Blackheath, London, England

W Butcher and Sons

1866 - 1926
1852-1933, folklorist; collector, British

Lovett, Edward

1852 - 1933
1857-about 1948, manufacturer of sewing machines, American

Willcox and Gibbs Sewing Machine Company

1857
1863-1933, spirit photographer, British

Hope, William

1863 - 1933
1864 - present, Wales, manufacturer

Powell Duffryn Engineering Company Limited

1864
active 1863-1924, neurologist, founder of Radionics movement, American

Abrams, Albert

1863 - 1924
1859-1965, manufacturer of soap and tooth powder, Manchester

F C Calvert and Company

1859 - 1965
1861-1956, manufacturer of pencils and pens, New York, United States

American Pencil Company

1861 - 1956
active 1857-1948, manufacturer of precision tools, American

Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing Company

1857 - 1948
1867-1943, dye manufacturer, chemist, Scottish

Morton, James

1867 - 1943
1853-1923, physician; surgeon; author, English; British

Treves, Sir Frederick

1853 - 1923
active 1868-1968, optical instrument maker; clock maker, Manchester, England

Thomas Armstrong and Brother

1868 - 1968

Shallcross Stone, Flora

1851 - 1875
active 1868-1982, adhesive products manufacturer, London

Samuel Jones and Company Limited

1868 - 1982

Kadoorie, Elly (KBE)

1867 - 1944
1857-?, manufacturer of mauveine dye, Greenford, London, England

Perkin and Sons

1857 - 1874
1875-1961, manufacturer of electronic equipment, London

A C Cossor Limited

1859 - 1961
active 1851-1875, optician, mathematical & philosophical instrument maker, Liverpool, England

A Abraham and Company

1851 - 1890
1850s- 1976, pharmaceutical chemist; optician, Leeds, England

Reynolds and Branson Limited

1852 - 1976
1851-1921, engineer; electrical instrument maker; photographer, French

Carpentier, Jules

1851 - 1921
active 1869-current (2019), medical and laboratory equipment manufacturer, London, England, British

Hawksley and Sons Limited

1869
1862-., ammunitions manufacturer, Witton, Birmingham

Kynoch Ltd

1862
Detroit-based portrait photographer, active late 19th-early 20th century

Arthur, James

1855 - 1912
1860-1935, electrical engineer; film-maker, inventor, born Brittany, France

Dickson, William Kennedy Laurie

1860 - 1935
1860-1984, Milton Bradley Company; taken over by Hasbro, Inc. 1984-, American

Milton Bradley Company

1860 - 1984
active 1851-1950, globe maker; mathematical & scientific instrument maker; optician, London, England, British

Newton and Company Limited

1851
1857-1933, railway engineer, British

Churchward, George Jackson

1857 - 1933
1857-1950s?, manufacturing chemists, London, England

Alfred Bishop Limited

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

Ross and Company

1859 - 1897

Friese-Greene, William

1855 - 1921

Ferranti, Sebastian Ziani de

1864 - 1930
1864- , textile design and manufacture, Randalstown, Northern Ireland, Irish

Old Bleach Linen Company

1864

Lodge, Oliver Joseph

1851 - 1940