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

Le Prince, Louis Aimé Augustin

1842 - 1890
1757-1831, naval architect; mechanical engineer; inventor, English, British

Bentham, Samuel

1757 - 1831
1452-1519, polymath; painter; draughtsman; sculptor; architect; engineer; inventor (etc.), Italian

Da Vinci, Leonardo

1452 - 1519
1781-1826, physician; inventor of the monaural stethoscope, French

Laennec, René Théophile Hyacinthe

1781 - 1826
1888-1946, television engineer, entrepreneur, Scottish; British

Baird, John Logie

1888 - 1946
1819-1999, submarine engineers, manufacturer of diving and breathing apparatus, United Kingdom

Siebe Gorman and Company Limited

1819 - 1999
1880-1964, consultant radiologist, developer of radiography, British

Reynolds, Russell John

1880 - 1964
1833 - 1883, inventor; engineer, British; English

Vansittart, Henrietta

1833 - 1883
1925-2003, music composer, electroacoustic music pioneer, English, British

Oram, Daphne

1925 - 2003
1136-1206, active from 1181, engineer; inventor; author, Mesopotamian; Iraqi

al-Jazari, Ismail ibn al-Razzaz

1136 - 1206
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
1731-1793, natural philosopher (scientist), inventor, English, British

Six, James

1731 - 1793
1854-1939, inventor of duplicating machinery and industrialist, Hungarian

Gestetner, David

1854 - 1939
1863-1930, inventor; electrical engineer; photographer, British; Scottish

Swinton, Alan Archibald Campbell

1863 - 1930
1737-1828, physician; inventor of an aerated water apparatus, British

Nooth, Dr John Mervyn

1737 - 1828
1847-1931, inventor; scientist, American

Edison, Thomas Alva

1847 - 1931
1850-1917, inventor, film maker, chronophotographer, physiologist, French

Demeny, Georges

1850 - 1917
b. 1911, physician; inventor, Dutch/American

Kolff, Willem Johann

1911 - 2009
about 1620-1685, active 1654, inventor of a type of logarithmic slide rule; mathematical instrument maker, English

Bissaker, Robert

1620 - 1685
1860-1935, electrical engineer; film-maker, inventor, born Brittany, France

Dickson, William Kennedy Laurie

1860 - 1935
1850-1888, electrical engineer; inventor; patentee, French

Gaulard, Lucien

1850 - 1888
1801-1861, surgeon; possible inventor of the hypodermic syringe, Irish

Rynd, Francis

1801 - 1861
1901-1979, inventor; photographer, British

Spencer, Douglas Arthur

1901 - 1979
1794-1876, sculptor; inventor, British; English

Cheverton, Benjamin

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

Brockedon, William

1787 - 1854
1901-1966, electrical engineer; inventor, British

Cole, Eric Kirkham

1901 - 1966
1870-1938, film maker, inventor, British

Brown, Theodore

1870 - 1938
1625-1695, natural philosopher; mathematical instrument maker; engineer; inventor; diplomat; English

Morland, Sir Samuel

1625 - 1695
1806-1875, neurologist, France

Duchenne, Guillaume Benjamin Amand

1806 - 1875
1828-1914, chemist; inventor, British; English

Swan, Sir Joseph Wilson

1828 - 1914
1847-1922, teacher of deaf people; inventor of telephone, Scottish; American

Bell, Alexander Graham

1847 - 1922
1787-1851, inventor; scenographer; daguerreotypist, French

Daguerre, Louis

1787 - 1851
1863-1944, chemist; inventor, Belgian; American

Baekeland, Leo Hendrik

1863 - 1944
1858-1913, inventor; mechanical engineer, German

Diesel, Rudolf

1858 - 1913
1907-1995, electronics engineer; inventor, Austrian

Eisler, Paul

1907 - 1995
1864-1930, electrical engineer; inventor, British

Ferranti, Sebastian Ziani de

1864 - 1930
1743-1823, cleric; inventor of the power loom, English; British

Cartwright, Edmund

1743 - 1823
1788-1846, soldier; mechanical inventor, British

Maceroni, Francis

1788 - 1846
1663-1729, ironmonger; inventor of atmospheric steam engine, English

Newcomen, Thomas

1663 - 1729
1769-1849, inventor; manufacturer of buttons, coins, medals and tokens; British; English

Thomason, Sir Edward

1769 - 1849
1899-1991, scientist, plant biochemist and inventor, Leamington Spa

Hill, Robert

1899 - 1991
1859-1941, zoologist, inventor, British; Scottish

Caldwell, William Hay

1859 - 1941
active 1879, cycle manufacturer; inventor, British

Singer, George

1847 - 1909
1720-1814, horologist; inventor; clock and watchmaker, French

Lepine, Jean Antoine

1720 - 1814
1684/5-1761, medical practitioner; inventor of medicines, English

Ward, Joshua

1684 - 1761
1813-1901, photographer; politician, English; British

Mayall, John Jabez Edwin

1813 - 1901
1764-1834, active 1791-1830, publisher, London, England

Ackermann and Company

1764 - 1834