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railway employee, railway manager, railway company director

Pettitt, Gordon Charles

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

J R Gaunt and Son Limited

1884 - 1991
Patient of Edward Jenner; First person to received Vaccination

Phipps, James

1788 - 1853
1875-1969, meteorological, aviation & surveying instrument manufacturer, London, England

Short and Mason Limited

1875 - 1969
1858-1903, manufacturer of agricultural engines; manufacturer of steam engines, Pershore, England

Edward Humphries and Company Limited

1858 - 1903
1960-1986, supplier of chemicals, Poole, England

BDH Chemicals Limited

1941-1977, electronics, solar power, radio and television manufacturer, Los Angeles

Hoffman Electronics Corporation

1977
1929-2004, cosmonaut, Chuvashia

Nikolayev, Andriyan

1929 - 2004
1815-1852, mathematician; computer pioneer, British

Lovelace, Ada

1815 - 1852

Walker, John

1781 - 1859
1827-1912, surgeon; physician; developer of a system of antiseptic surgery, English; British

Lister, Joseph

1827 - 1912

Babbage, Charles

1791 - 1871
active, 1900s-1968, optical instrument maker, Ealing, London, England

W Ottway and Company Limited

1907-1992, Button Makers, Birmingham

Buttons Ltd

1907

Parkes, Alexander

1813 - 1890
active 1925-1998, manufacturer of pharmaceutical and medical supplies, Liverpool

Evans Medical Limited

1925 - 1998
1687-1748, instrument maker, Dutch

Musschenbroek, Jan van

1687 - 1748
1838-1907, chemist, English; British

Perkin, Sir William Henry

1838 - 1907
active c. 1894-1968, optical instrument maker, London, England

R and J Beck Limited

1867 - 1968
active 1828-1947, marine & aeronautical navigational instrument maker, London, England, British

Henry Hughes and Son Limited

1828 - 1947
1843-1910, microbiologist and Nobel prize winner, German

Koch, Robert

1843 - 1910
1878-1969, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, Manchester & London, England

J Halden and Company Limited

1878 - 1969
1949-1977, audio equipment manufacturer, England

Ferrograph

1949 - 1977
1819-1868, dentist who used anaesthetic; physician, American

Morton, William Thomas Green

1819 - 1868
active 1749-1806, sundial maker; optical, mathematical, philosophical inst. maker & natural philosopher, British

Nairne, Edward

1726 - 1806
1836-1917, physician, British

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett

1836 - 1917
1929-1962, radio and television manufacturers, England

Murphy Radio Limited

1929 - 1962
1889-2006, electrical equipment manufacturer, British

General Electric Company Limited

1889 - 2006

GEC Alsthom Limited

Museum of British Transport, Clapham

goddess of Health; mythological daughter of Asclepius/Aesculapius, Greek

Hygeia

General Electric Company plc

Curtis, Deborah

1957
1879-current (2020), manufacturer of surgical instruments, London, England

Downs Surgical Limited

1879
active 1921-1947, publisher of psychological assessments, American

The Psychological Corporation

1921
1958-current (2007), ocean systems, agricultural engineering, Massachusetts, United States

The Sippican Corporation

1958

Hick, Hargreaves and Company Limited

J H Steward Limited

The Burden Neurological Institute

active 1900-1940s?, physician, Paris

Bengue, Dr.

1897-1996, manufacturer; engineer, Birmingham, England

Joseph Lucas Limited

GEC Turbine Generators Ltd

active, 1850-1857, optician, optical & mathematical instrument maker, Devonport, Plymouth, England

Heath, William

active 1913-current (2008), opticians and optical instrument manufacturer, Britain

Theodore Hamblin Limited

1989-1990, satellite television broadcaster, England

Sky Television

Herbert Morris Ltd

Wright, Elsie

1901 - 1903

Constantinesco, George

1881 - 1965
active 1868-1968, optical instrument maker; clock maker, Manchester, England

Thomas Armstrong and Brother

1868 - 1968
1952-1974, manufacturer of electronic equipment, Germany

Uher

1953 - 1974