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1136-1206, active from 1181, engineer; inventor; author, Mesopotamian; Iraqi

Ismail ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari

1136 - 1206
1812-1887, journalist; author; playwright, British.

Henry Mayhew

1812 - 1887
1871-1940, naturalist, photographer and documentary film maker, British

Cherry Kearton

1871 - 1940
1853-1923, physician; surgeon; author, English; British

Frederick Treves

1853 - 1923
1893-1989, artist; poster artist; illustrator; author; television producer, British

Freda Lingstrom

1893 - 1989
1877-1936, poster artist; artist; illustrator; painter; draughtsman; author, British

Donald Maxwell

1877 - 1936
1876-1965, poster artist; artist; painter; marine painter; draughtsman; etcher; author, English

Frank Henry Mason

1876 - 1965
1897-1971, author, journalist, war correspondent, South African-born; British

John Eric Langdon-Davies

1897 - 1971
1735-1800, active 1762-1800, mathematical instrument maker; optician; author, British; English

Jesse Ramsden

1735 - 1800
1890-1969, river inspector; Chinese sailing vessel expert; model maker advisor; author, British

George Raleigh Gray Worcester

1890 - 1969
1908-1974, mathematician, poet, humanist. British.

Jacob Bronowski

1908 - 1974
1861-1941, artist, illustrator, painter, author, British

James Greig

1861 - 1941
1737-1809, author; revolutionary; bridge engineer, British; English

Thomas Paine

1737 - 1809
1834-1895, surgeon; photographer; author, British

Arthur Edward Durham

1834 - 1895
1833-1896, scientist; inventor; entrepreneur; author; pacifist; manufacturer of armaments, Swedish

Alfred Bernhard Nobel

1833 - 1896
1855-1944, scientist, photochemist, teacher and writer, Krems an der Donau

Josef Maria Eder

1855 - 1944
1889-1972, writer and photographer, Bordeaux

Emmanuel Sougez

1889 - 1972
1885-1975, author; writer, British

S P B Mais

1885 - 1975
1872-1944, illustrator; cartoonist; artist; author, British

William Heath Robinson

1872 - 1944
1862-1928, naturalist, author and lecturer, British

Richard Kearton

1862 - 1928
1875-1949, aeronautical engineer; philosopher; author, British

John William Dunne

1875 - 1949
1924-2007, inventor, collector, author, Austrian; American

Fred Spira

1924 - 2007
1821-1856, author and journalist, Inverness

Angus B Reach

1821 - 1856
1850-1935, physiologist; author, British

Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer

1850 - 1935
1765-1858, botanist; author; England, British

Mary Sophia Bentham

1765 - 1858
1859-1930, writer, Edinburgh

Arthur Conan Doyle

1859 - 1930
1857-1930, general practitioner in Reading; author, British

Jamieson Boyd Hurry

1857 - 1930
1920-1997, writer; critic, British

Ainslie Ellis

1920 - 1997
1861-1929, Journalist and author, circumnavigated the globe in 1889-1890 for The Cosmopolitan, American

Elizabeth Bisland

1861 - 1929
Mustard George, 1760?-1809, caricaturist; author, British

G M Woodward

1760 - 1809
1806-1863, naturalist; geologist; author; teacher, French

Neree Boubee

1806 - 1863
1843-1923, philanthropist, author; carpet manufacturer, British; English

Treloar, Sir William Purdie

1843 - 1923
1828-1905, author, French

Jules Verne

1828 - 1905
1819-1888, doctor, American

Stillman, Jacob Davis Babcock

1819 - 1888
1830-1872, anthropologist, British

James Wilkinson Breeks

1830 - 1872
1808-1870, engineer; author, British

Paul Rapsey Hodge

1808 - 1870
1816-1860, author; public lecturer; mountaineer, English

Albert Richard Smith

1816 - 1860
1835-1895, publisher, activist, author, British

Emily Faithfull

1835 - 1895
1896-1982, author , British?

Alfred George Edward Joyce

1896 - 1982
1880-1958, author; journalist, British

William Edward Simnett

1880 - 1958
1771-1857, author, British

John Britton

1771 - 1857
1853-1937, author; lawyer; chemist, British

William Bates Ferguson

1853 - 1937
1785-1852, workers' leader; author, British; English

Gravener Henson

1785 - 1852
1874-1964, mining engineer; author, American

Herbert Hoover

1874 - 1964
1605-1682, physician; author, English

Thomas Browne

1605 - 1682
1792-1878, prime minister; author, English; British

John Russell

1792 - 1878
1803-1886, Author

Hoblyn Richard D

1803 - 1886
1892-1968, physician; author, Scottish, British

Lawrence, Robert Daniel

1892 - 1968
1873-1947; author; USA

Willa Cather

1873 - 1947
1764-1826, author; printseller, English; British

James Caulfield

1764 - 1826