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

Siebe Gorman and Company Limited

1819 - 1999
1136-1206, active from 1181, engineer; inventor; author, Mesopotamian; Iraqi

al-Jazari, Ismail ibn al-Razzaz

1136 - 1206
1833 - 1883, inventor; engineer, British; English

Vansittart, Henrietta

1833 - 1883
1842-1890, inventor, motion picture pioneer, Metz, France

Le Prince, Louis Aimé Augustin

1842 - 1890
1829-1904, physiologist; chronophotographer; inventor, French

Marey, Étienne Jules

1829 - 1904
1860-1935, electrical engineer; film-maker, inventor, born Brittany, France

Dickson, William Kennedy Laurie

1860 - 1935
1888-1946, television engineer, entrepreneur, Scottish; British

Baird, John Logie

1888 - 1946
1836?-1909, businessman; mechanic; inventor of early type of zip, American

Judson, Whitcomb L

1836 - 1909
1732-1792, inventor of cotton-spinning machinery and cotton manufacturer, English; British

Arkwright, Sir Richard

1732 - 1792
1781-1826, physician; inventor of the monaural stethoscope, French

Laennec, René Théophile Hyacinthe

1781 - 1826
1846-1914, engineer; inventor of a type of air compressor, British

Atkinson, James

1846 - 1914
1907-1995, electronics engineer; inventor, Austrian

Eisler, Paul

1907 - 1995
1790-1878, inventor; Church of Scotland minister/clergyman, Scottish; British

Stirling, Robert

1790 - 1878
1880-1964, consultant radiologist, developer of radiography, British

Reynolds, Russell John

1880 - 1964
1850-1917, inventor, film maker, chronophotographer, physiologist, French

Demeny, Georges

1850 - 1917
1870-1938, film maker, inventor, British

Brown, Theodore

1870 - 1938
about 1620-1685, active 1654, inventor of a type of logarithmic slide rule; mathematical instrument maker, English

Bissaker, Robert

1620 - 1685
1863-1930, inventor; electrical engineer; photographer, British; Scottish

Swinton, Alan Archibald Campbell

1863 - 1930
1787-1854, painter; writer; inventor, English; British

Brockedon, William

1787 - 1854
1855-1944, physicist; inventor, English; British

Boys, Sir Charles Vernon

1855 - 1944
1847-1931, inventor; scientist, American

Edison, Thomas Alva

1847 - 1931
1813-1890 chemist; inventor, British; English

Parkes, Alexander

1813 - 1890
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
1847-1922, teacher of deaf people; inventor of telephone, Scottish; American

Bell, Alexander Graham

1847 - 1922
1792-1858, inventor of the Typographer, American

Burt, William Austin

1792 - 1858
1829-1895, photographer, British

Melhuish, Arthur James

1829 - 1895
1731-1793, natural philosopher (scientist), inventor, English, British

Six, James

1731 - 1793
1823-1865, engineer; architect, British

Fowke, Francis

1823 - 1865
1925-2003, music composer, electroacoustic music pioneer, English, British

Oram, Daphne

1925 - 2003
1854-1939, inventor of duplicating machinery and industrialist, Hungarian

Gestetner, David

1854 - 1939
1797-1870, engineer; inventor, British

Braithwaite, John

1797 - 1870
Born in Verkhnie Aremzyani, a mountainous Siberian town, in 1834, Mendeleev's name would become synonymous with the periodic table. Although he was not the first to classify the elements in a periodic system, he would receive the greatest credit. Mendeleev spent most of his life in St Petersburg, and had a varied career: university professor of chemistry, balloonist, and civil servant, which included being a cheese and vodka inspector.

Mendeleyev, Dmitry Ivanovich

1834 - 1907
1737-1828, physician; inventor of an aerated water apparatus, British

Nooth, Dr John Mervyn

1737 - 1828
1836-1922, inventor; tool manufacturer, American

Starrett, Leroy S.

1836 - 1922
1800-1884, co-inventor of diving equipment; submarine engineer, British; English

Deane, John

1800 - 1884
1794-1853, physicist; engineer; inventor, Belgian

Nollet, Floris

1794 - 1853
1776-1850, physician; inventor, Irish

Clanny, William Reid

1776 - 1850
1856-1943, inventor; physicist; mechanical engineer; electrical engineer, Serbian/American

Tesla, Nikola

1856 - 1943
1843-1920, civil servant; engineer; inventor; photographic scientist, English; British

Abney, Sir William de Wiveleslie

1843 - 1920
1901-1985, civil engineer; inventor (of the bailey bridge), British

Bailey, Sir Donald Coleman

1901 - 1985
1804-1867, printer; inventor of type of colour printing process, British, English

Baxter, George

1804 - 1867
1867-1944,active 1890-1920s, inventor; scientific & medical instrument maker, Austrian

Castagna, Ludwig

1867 - 1944
1803-1889, marine engineer; inventor, Swedish; American

Ericsson, John

1803 - 1889
first baronet, 1625-1695, diplomatist; natural philosopher; mathematician; inventor, English

Morland, Sir Samuel

1625 - 1695
1842-1909, anatomist; histologist; inventor; French

Malassez, Louis-Charles

1842 - 1909
1799-1852, engineer; inventor of types of steam carriage, British; English

Hancock, Walter

1799 - 1852
1829-1908, inventor; engineer, American

Pelton, Lester Allan

1829 - 1908
1754-1839, engineer; inventor, British; Scottish

Murdock, William

1754 - 1839
1720-1814, horologist; inventor; clock and watchmaker, French

Lepine, Jean Antoine

1720 - 1814