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1853-1914, police officer, French

Alphonse Bertillon

1853 - 1914
active 1853-1921, optical, mathematical, philosophical & electrical inst. maker, London, England

Elliott Brothers

1853 - 1921
1857-1969, 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
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
active 1857-1948, manufacturer of precision tools, American

Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing Company

1857 - 1948
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
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
1853-1923, physician; surgeon; author, English; British

Frederick Treves

1853 - 1923
1875-1961, manufacturer of electronic equipment, London

A C Cossor Limited

1859 - 1961
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

Science and Art Department

1853 - 1899
1854/5-1922, trapeze artist, aeronaut, acrobat, American

Leona Dare

1855 - 1922
Mr

William Friese-Greene

1855 - 1921
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
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
1858-1903, manufacturer of agricultural engines; manufacturer of steam engines, Pershore, England

Edward Humphries and Company Limited

1858 - 1903
1856-, manufacturer of chemicals and chemical products, Griesheim am Main, Germany

Chemische Fabrik Griesheim-Elektron

1856 - 1925
1860-1936, physiologist, British

John Scott Haldane

1860 - 1936
1898-1915, magazine, English; British

The Girl's Realm

1811 - 1911
1823-1960, lithographer; poster printer; printer; publisher, London

Vincent Brooks, Day and Son Limited

1862 - 1960
Mr

Daniel Albone

1860 - 1906
1853-1936, collector; pharmacist; benefactor, American; naturalised British

Henry Solomon Wellcome

1853 - 1936
1854-1976, manufacturer of chemicals, Grimsby, England

Osmond and Sons Limited

1854 - 1976
1852-1926, amateur photographer, brewer, British

Edgar Tarry Adams

1852 - 1926
1854-1966, locomotive builders, Manchester, England

Beyer, Peacock and Company Limited

1854 - 1966
1857-1970, manufacturer of dyestuffs, Basle, Switzerland

J R Geigy SA, SA

1857 - 1970
Sir

Henry Norman

1858 - 1939

Weetman Dickinson Pearson

1856 - 1927
1854-1915, scientist (hematology, immunology and chemotherapy), German

Paul Ehrlich

1854 - 1915
1860-1870, manufacturer of earthenware, Burslem, England

Cork, Edge and Malkin

1860 - 1870
1852-1916, teacher, physicist; photographer, British

Arthur Mason Worthington

1852 - 1916

Harland and Wolff

1861 - 1885
1857-about 1948, manufacturer of sewing machines, American

Willcox and Gibbs Sewing Machine Company

1857
1854-1918, cinematography pioneer, American

Birt Acres

1854 - 1918
1856-1960s?, manufacturer of lifting equipment, pumps and engines, Birmingham, England

Tangyes Limited

1856
c.1859-1981, engineers, merchants, quarry owners, Sheffield

Thomas W Ward Limited

1859 - 1981
1855-1944, physicist; inventor, English; British

Charles Vernon Boys

1855 - 1944
1862-1969, brand 1862-1988, confectionary manufacturer, British

Rowntree

1862 - 1988
1855-1930, photographer; political activist; patron, British

George Davison

1855 - 1930
1854-1931, engineer; scientist, British; English

Charles Algernon Parsons

1854 - 1931
1858-1938, railway company, France

Chemins de Fer de Paris a Lyon et a la Mediterranee

1858 - 1938
1854-1939, inventor of duplicating machinery and industrialist, Hungarian

David Gestetner

1854 - 1939