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1885-1930, soap manufacturer, British

Lever Brothers Limited

1885 - 1930
1884-1991, button, badge and medal makers, Birmingham

J R Gaunt and Son Limited

1884 - 1991
active 1828-1947, marine & aeronautical navigational instrument maker, London, England, British

Henry Hughes and Son Limited

1828 - 1947
1836-1917, physician, British

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson

1836 - 1917
1875-1969, meteorological, aviation & surveying instrument manufacturer, London, England

Short and Mason Limited

1875 - 1969

Alexander Parkes

1813 - 1890
1827-1912, surgeon; physician; developer of a system of antiseptic surgery, English; British

Joseph Lister

1827 - 1912
1818-1865, physician, Hungarian

Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis

1818 - 1865
1867-1934, physicist; chemist, Polish-born; French

Marie Curie

1867 - 1934
active 1887 -1920s?, manufacturer of leather goods, picnic baskets and silver, London, ENgland

Drew and Sons

1887 - 1935
1493-1541, alchemist; physician; astrologer; general occultist, Swiss

Paracelsus

1493 - 1541
1888-1971, medical scientist; inventor, American

Royal Raymond Rife

1888 - 1971
Patient of Edward Jenner; First person to received Vaccination

James Phipps

1788 - 1853
1838-1907, chemist, English; British

William Henry Perkin

1838 - 1907
1879-current (2020), manufacturer of surgical instruments, London, England

Downs Surgical Limited

1879
1635-1703, natural philosopher, Isle of Wight, England, English

Robert Hooke

1635 - 1703
active 1829-1895, microbiologist; chemist, French

Louis Pasteur

1822 - 1895
active c. 1894-1968, optical instrument maker, London, England

R and J Beck Limited

1867 - 1968
1749-1823, physician; surgeon; pioneer of smallpox vaccination, British; English

Edward Jenner

1749 - 1823
1898-1931, recording company; gramophone and radio manufacturer, British

Gramophone Company Limited

1898 - 1931
1889-2006, electrical equipment manufacturer, British

General Electric Company Limited

1889 - 2006
active 1897-1968, laboratory apparatus and instrument maker, London, England

Baird and Tatlock (London) Limited

1897 - 2012

John Walker

1781 - 1859
1815-1852, mathematician; computer pioneer, British

Ada Lovelace

1815 - 1852
1800-1890, social reformer; civil servant, British

Edwin Chadwick

1800 - 1890
active 1829-1928, surgical instrument maker, London, England, British

Arnold and Sons

1829 - 1928
Mr

Florado Helios Muybridge

1873 - 1944
1869-1986/7, optical instrument maker (microscope & cameras - Leica), Germany

E Leitz

1869 - 1987
1843-1910, microbiologist and Nobel prize winner, German

Robert Koch

1843 - 1910
1892-1974, manufacturer of radios, televisions, batteries, white goods and computers, Philadelphia, America

Philco Corporation

1892 - 1974
1863-1944, chemist; inventor, Belgian; American

Leo Hendrik Baekeland

1863 - 1944
1786-1901, brand name used to 1990s, cigarette manufacturer; tobacco company, Bristol, England

W D and H O Wills Limited

1786 - 1901
Sir

Joseph Wilson Swan

1828 - 1914

Nicolas Flamel

1330 - 1418
1829-1901, physiologist, German

Adolf Eugen Fick

1829 - 1901
1813-1979, manufacturer, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, British

W and T Avery Limited

1813 - 1979
1878-1969, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, Manchester & London, England

J Halden and Company Limited

1878 - 1969
active 1834-1981, manufacturers of glass, Barnsley, England

Wood Brothers Glass Company Limited

1834 - 1981
1853-1914, police officer, French

Alphonse Bertillon

1853 - 1914
1883-c.1944, manufacturer, Middlesbrough

Cargo Fleet Iron Co.

1883 - 1944
1616-1654, physician; astrologer; apothecary, British

Nicholas Culpeper

1616 - 1654
1813-1858, anaesthetist; epidemiologist; physician, British; English

John Snow

1813 - 1858
1837-c.1969, optical instrument manufacturer, London, England

W Watson and Sons Limited

1837 - 1969
Mr

George Stephenson

1781 - 1848
1880-1995, laboratory equipment manufacturer (chemistry, physics), London, England

A Gallenkamp and Company Limited

1880 - 1995
1845-c1955, optical instrument, lens and camera makers, Germany

Emil Busch AG

1845
1883-1991, telecommunications manufacturer, London

Standard Telephones and Cables PLC

1883 - 1991
active 1853-1921, optical, mathematical, philosophical & electrical inst. maker, London, England

Elliott Brothers

1853 - 1921
active 1928-1954, laboratory apparatus; laboratory instrument maker, London, England

Griffin and Tatlock Limited

1889 - 1999
1890-1932, manufacturer of gas engines, Ashton-under-Lyne, England

National Gas Engine Company

1890 - 1932