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1901-1966, electrical engineer; inventor, British

Cole, Eric Kirkham

1901 - 1966

1829-1905, engineer; inventor of a type of arc lamp, French

Serrin, Victor

1829 - 1905

1870-1938, film maker, inventor, British

Brown, Theodore

1870 - 1938

1906-1968, physicist; inventor; patent attorney, American

Carlson, Chester Floyd

1906 - 1968

1841-1923, chemist; bibliographer, inventor, English, British

McLeod, Herbert

1841 - 1923

active 1899- current (2009), inventor; manufacturer of electrical goods, American

Ever Ready Company

1899

1852-1943, engineer; inventor; industrialist, Anglo-Swiss

Renold, Hans

1852 - 1943

1916-1987, surgeon; inventor; British

Drew, Charles Edwin

1916 - 1987

1858-1913, inventor; mechanical engineer, German

Diesel, Rudolf

1858 - 1913

1787-1851, inventor; scenographer; daguerreotypist, French

Daguerre, Louis

1787 - 1851

1886-1961, industrialist; inventor, American

Crosley, Powel

1886 - 1961

1867-1912, aviator; inventor, American

Wright, Wilbur

1867 - 1912

1785-1873, printer; publisher; journalist; translator; inventor, Swedish

Scheutz, Per Georg

1785 - 1873

1844-1932 typefounding inventor and engineer, United States

Benton, Linn Boyd

1844 - 1932

1772-1847, locksmith, inventor; patentee, England, British

Chubb, Charles

1772 - 1847

b. 1940, inventor, entrepeneur; businessman, British

Sinclair, Sir Clive

1940

1816-1905, architect; horologist; inventor; lawyer, 1st Baron Grimthorpe, British

Grimthorpe, Baron Edmund Beckett

1816 - 1905

1829-1895, photographer, British

Melhuish, Arthur James

1829 - 1895

1741-1799, physician; inventor of 'Perkins Tractors', American

Perkins, Elisha

1741 - 1799

1850-1913, inventor; photographer, American

Blake, Francis

1850 - 1913

ca. 1797-1866, coachbuilder; inventor, English; British

Shillibeer, George

1797 - 1866

1850-1936, chemist; inventor, British-born, American

Weston, Edward

1850 - 1936

1889-1982, electrical engineer; inventor, Russian; American

Zworykin, Vladimir Kosma

1889 - 1982

1845-1913, engineer; inventor, Swedish

Laval, Karl Gustaf Patrik de

1845 - 1913

1821-1909, musician;inventor, Swedish

Byström, Oscar Fredrik Bernadotte

1821 - 1909

1852-1943, physician; inventor, American

Kellogg, John Harvey

1852 - 1943

1768-1855, inventor; engineer, British; English

Donkin, Bryan

1768 - 1855

1782-1869, engineer; papermaker; industrialist; inventor, British

Dickinson, John

1782 - 1869

1907-1996, aeronautical engineer; inventor of the jet engine, British; English

Whittle, Sir Frank

1907 - 1996

1901-1963, instrument maker; inventor, British

Grumble, Ron

1901 - 1963

1880-1959, engineer; , British

Pringle, Alexander

1880 - 1959

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

Stirling, Robert

1790 - 1878

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

Merlin, John Joseph

1735 - 1803

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

Ward, Joshua

1684 - 1761

1850-1933, inventor, attorney, American

Spiro, Charles

1850 - 1933

1777-1851, engineer; railway engineer; inventor, Scottish; British

Brunton, Willliam

1777 - 1851

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

Nooth, Dr John Mervyn

1737 - 1828

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

Nobel, Alfred Bernhard

1833 - 1896

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

Woodbury, Walter Bentley

1834 - 1885

1811-1875, inventor; entrepreneur, American

Singer, Isaac Merritt

1811 - 1875

1856-1932, manufacturer; inventor, British

Beard, Robert Royou

1856 - 1932

1785-1870, inventor; mathematician, French

Thomas, Charles Xavier

1785 - 1870

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

Ackermann and Company

1764 - 1834

1863-1944, chemist; inventor, Belgian; American

Baekeland, Leo Hendrik

1863 - 1944

1920-2012, engineer; inventor, British

Moulton, Alex

1920 - 2012

1840-1916, engineer; inventor, American-born, British

Maxim, Sir Hiram Stevens

1840 - 1916

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

Brockedon, William

1787 - 1854

1825-1882, engineer; inventor, French

Giffard, Henri

1825 - 1882

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

Hedges, Killingworth William

1850 - 1945

1816-1892, electrical engineer; inventor; industrialist, German

Siemens, Ernst Werner von

1816 - 1892