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1822-1911, biostatistician, human geneticist & eugenicist, English, British

Galton, Sir Francis

1822 - 1911
1829-1904, physiologist; chronophotographer; inventor, French

Marey, Étienne Jules

1829 - 1904
1833 - 1883, inventor; engineer, British; English

Vansittart, Henrietta

1833 - 1883
1819-1999, submarine engineers, manufacturer of diving and breathing apparatus, United Kingdom

Siebe Gorman and Company Limited

1819 - 1999
1842-1890, inventor, motion picture pioneer, Metz, France

Le Prince, Louis Aimé Augustin

1842 - 1890
1817-1884, physician, inventor of hypodermic syringe, Scottish, British

Wood, Alexander

1817 - 1884
1847-1931, inventor; scientist, American

Edison, Thomas Alva

1847 - 1931
1743-1823, cleric; inventor of the power loom, English; British

Cartwright, Edmund

1743 - 1823
1136-1206, active from 1181, engineer; inventor; author, Mesopotamian; Iraqi

al-Jazari, Ismail ibn al-Razzaz

1136 - 1206
1757-1831, naval architect; mechanical engineer; inventor, English, British

Bentham, Samuel

1757 - 1831
1781-1826, physician; inventor of the monaural stethoscope, French

Laennec, René Théophile Hyacinthe

1781 - 1826
1864-1930, electrical engineer; inventor, British

Ferranti, Sebastian Ziani de

1864 - 1930
1806-1875, neurologist, France

Duchenne, Guillaume Benjamin Amand

1806 - 1875
1888-1946, television engineer, entrepreneur, Scottish; British

Baird, John Logie

1888 - 1946
1787-1854, painter; writer; inventor, English; British

Brockedon, William

1787 - 1854
1907-1995, electronics engineer; inventor, Austrian

Eisler, Paul

1907 - 1995
1846-1907, inventor, photographic and cinematographic pioneer, German

Anschutz, Ottomar

1846 - 1907
1753-1816, Lord Mahon, third earl Stanhope; inventor; politician, English; British

Stanhope, Charles

1753 - 1816
1859-1941, zoologist, inventor, British; Scottish

Caldwell, William Hay

1859 - 1941
1863-1930, inventor; electrical engineer; photographer, British; Scottish

Swinton, Alan Archibald Campbell

1863 - 1930
1776-1850, physician; inventor, Irish

Clanny, William Reid

1776 - 1850
1765-1815, inventor; engineer; artist, American

Fulton, Robert

1765 - 1815
1850-1917, inventor, film maker, chronophotographer, physiologist, French

Demeny, Georges

1850 - 1917
1915-2006, mechanical engineer, inventor; futurologist, Australian-born; British

Thring, Meredith Wooldridge

1915 - 2006
1842-1909, anatomist; histologist; inventor; French

Malassez, Louis-Charles

1842 - 1909
1846-1914, engineer; inventor of a type of air compressor, British

Atkinson, James

1846 - 1914
1812-1888, early aviation engineer and inventor, England, British

Henson, William Samuel

1812 - 1888
1834-1877, lawyer; inventor of the typewriter, American

Glidden, Carlos

1834 - 1877
1876-1972, chronophotographer, inventor, Irish born; British; French

Bull, Lucien

1876 - 1972
1800-1884, co-inventor of diving equipment; submarine engineer, British; English

Deane, John

1800 - 1884
1764-1834, active 1791-1830, publisher, London, England

Ackermann and Company

1764 - 1834
1850-1945, electrical engineer; inventor of a type of bicycle, British

Hedges, Killingworth William

1850 - 1945
1836?-1909, businessman; mechanic; inventor of early type of zip, American

Judson, Whitcomb L

1836 - 1909
1829-1917, dentist and inventor of a mechanical drill, American

Morrison, James Beall

1829 - 1917
1867-1944,active 1890-1920s, inventor; scientific & medical instrument maker, Austrian

Castagna, Ludwig

1867 - 1944
1810-1877, clockmaker; inventor, Scottish; British

Bain, Alexander

1810 - 1877
1756-1827, physicist; inventor, German

Chladni, Ernst Florens Friedrich

1756 - 1827
1847-1922, teacher of deaf people; inventor of telephone, Scottish; American

Bell, Alexander Graham

1847 - 1922
1829-1896, inventor; manufacturer of sewing machines, British

Ward, Edward

1829 - 1896
1801-61, mechanical engineer, inventor, English; British

Maudslay, Joseph

1801 - 1861
1834-1885, photographer; inventor of the woodburytype press, British

Woodbury, Walter Bentley

1834 - 1885
1735-1803, inventor; mechanic; mathematical instrument maker, Dutch

Merlin, John Joseph

1735 - 1803
1901-1966, electrical engineer; inventor, British

Cole, Eric Kirkham

1901 - 1966
1731-1793, natural philosopher (scientist), inventor, English, British

Six, James

1731 - 1793
1812-1882, technical editor; electrical engineer; inventor, British

Walker, Charles Vincent

1812 - 1882
1799-1852, engineer; inventor of types of steam carriage, British; English

Hancock, Walter

1799 - 1852
b. 1911, physician; inventor, Dutch/American

Kolff, Willem Johann

1911 - 2009
1880-1964, consultant radiologist, developer of radiography, British

Reynolds, Russell John

1880 - 1964
1710-1776, lecturer; inventor; astronomer, Scottish; British

Ferguson, James

1710 - 1776
1801-1861, surgeon; possible inventor of the hypodermic syringe, Irish

Rynd, Francis

1801 - 1861