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Smith, Watson

1845 - 1920

k. k. Universität zu Wien

1872 - 1975

Bombicci, Luigi

1833 - 1903

Horner, Johann Friedrich

1831 - 1886
active 1868-1909/14, optical & mathematical instrument maker, Irish; British

Grubb, Sir Howard

1844 - 1931
1818-1889, physicist, English, British

Joule, James Prescott

1818 - 1889
1713-1784, encyclopaedist, French

Diderot, Denis

1713 - 1784
1671-1744, clock maker; sundial maker, Austrian

Knittl, Franz Antoni

1671 - 1744
1900-1931, bicycle, motorcycle and car manufacturer, English; British

Humber Limited

1887 - 1931
1790-1878, inventor; Church of Scotland minister/clergyman, Scottish; British

Stirling, Robert

1790 - 1878
published 1868-1914, magazine, English; British

Vanity Fair

1868 - 1914
1918-1985, artist; cartoonist; illustrator, English; British

Hampson, Frank

1918 - 1985
1925-1988, electronic component manufacturer, England

Mullard Limited

1925 - 1988
1877-1958, aircraft designer; manufacturer, England, British

Roe, Sir Edwin Alliott Verdon-

1877 - 1958
1824-1914, science writer; aeronaut, French

Fonvielle, Wilfrid de

1824 - 1914
photographer; 1922-2009; Germany; USA

Hofer, Evelyn

1922 - 2009
1785-1851, artist; naturalist; ornithologist, American

Audubon, John James

1785 - 1851
c. 1828-1889?, apprenticed 1844 to Brumby & Middleton, merchants & factors of Sheffield, British

Sawyer, John Robert Mather

1828 - 1889
1870-1955, wildlife photographer and artist, Ireland

Dugmore, Arthur Radclyffe

1870 - 1955
1916-1998, photographer, British

Hinde, John

1916 - 1998
1729-1777, [nicknamed the Macaroni Parson] Church of England clergyman; forger, British

Dodd, William

1729 - 1777
1890-1948, railway company, Indian; India

Morvi Railway

1890 - 1948
printer; stationer

Kenilworth Press

1950 - 1970

Franklin, Benjamin

1706 - 1790

Maskelyne, Nevil

1732 - 1811

Pledge, Humphrey Thomas

1903 - 1960

Buckland, Francis Trevelyan

1826 - 1880

Manby, George William

1765 - 1854

Guizot, Francoise Pierre Guillaume

1787 - 1874

Corbett, Joseph

1842 - 1913

Herschel, William

1738 - 1822

Cross, John Cartwright

1775 - 1810

Wilson, James

1765 - 1821

Winkles, H.

1801 - 1860

Labelye, Charles

1705 - 1781

Durand, Elias

1794 - 1873

Bankart, Zoe Theodora

1909 - 1988

Worcester, George Raleigh Gray

1890 - 1969

Gresley, Sir Nigel (1876-1941), engineer

1876 - 1941

Boubee, Neree

1806 - 1863

Greville, Robert Kaye

1794 - 1866

Kitching, Alfred

1808 - 1882

Wright, Elsie

1901 - 1903

Walker, James

1781 - 1862

Brewer, Griffith

1867 - 1948

Silberrad, Oswald John

1878 - 1960

Hunter, William

1718 - 1783

Smiles, Samuel

1812 - 1904

Watson, John

1816 - 1862

Hind, John Russell (FRS FAS)

1823 - 1895