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

Siebe Gorman and Company Limited

1819 - 1999
active 1842-1876, Elsecar mine superintendant/ manager, inventor of the anemometer, British

Biram, Benjamin

1842 - 1876
1842-1890, inventor, motion picture pioneer, Metz, France

Le Prince, Louis Aimé Augustin

1842 - 1890
1136-1206, active from 1181, engineer; inventor; author, Mesopotamian; Iraqi

al-Jazari, Ismail ibn al-Razzaz

1136 - 1206
1799-1852, engineer; inventor of types of steam carriage, British; English

Hancock, Walter

1799 - 1852
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
b 1959, photographer, television and film maker, Portland, Oregon

MacMillan, Tim

1959
1907-1995, electronics engineer; inventor, Austrian

Eisler, Paul

1907 - 1995
1850-1917, inventor, film maker, chronophotographer, physiologist, French

Demeny, Georges

1850 - 1917
1888-1946, television engineer, entrepreneur, Scottish; British

Baird, John Logie

1888 - 1946
1808-1884, engineer; clockmaker; inventor, French

Bourdon, Eugène

1808 - 1884
1833 - 1883, inventor; engineer, British; English

Vansittart, Henrietta

1833 - 1883
1863-1930, inventor; electrical engineer; photographer, British; Scottish

Swinton, Alan Archibald Campbell

1863 - 1930
1781-1826, physician; inventor of the monaural stethoscope, French

Laennec, René Théophile Hyacinthe

1781 - 1826
1828-1888, silk ribbon weaver, inventor of the stevengraph, British

Stevens, Thomas

1828 - 1888
1776-1850, physician; inventor, Irish

Clanny, William Reid

1776 - 1850
1864-1930, electrical engineer; inventor, British

Ferranti, Sebastian Ziani de

1864 - 1930
1843-1920, civil servant; engineer; inventor; photographic scientist, English; British

Abney, Sir William de Wiveleslie

1843 - 1920
1823-1834, scientific instrument maker, Edinburgh, Scotland

Adie, Alexander

1775 - 1204
1842-1909, anatomist; histologist; inventor; French

Malassez, Louis-Charles

1842 - 1909
1860-1935, electrical engineer; film-maker, inventor, born Brittany, France

Dickson, William Kennedy Laurie

1860 - 1935
1801-1861, surgeon; possible inventor of the hypodermic syringe, Irish

Rynd, Francis

1801 - 1861
1769-1849, inventor; manufacturer of buttons, coins, medals and tokens; British; English

Thomason, Sir Edward

1769 - 1849
1452-1519, polymath; painter; draughtsman; sculptor; architect; engineer; inventor (etc.), Italian

Da Vinci, Leonardo

1452 - 1519
1757-1831, naval architect; mechanical engineer; inventor, English, British

Bentham, Samuel

1757 - 1831
1737-1828, physician; inventor of an aerated water apparatus, British

Nooth, Dr John Mervyn

1737 - 1828
1840-1916, engineer; inventor, American-born, British

Maxim, Sir Hiram Stevens

1840 - 1916
1764-1834, active 1791-1830, publisher, London, England

Ackermann and Company

1764 - 1834
1813-1901, photographer; politician, English; British

Mayall, John Jabez Edwin

1813 - 1901
1850-1888, electrical engineer; inventor; patentee, French

Gaulard, Lucien

1850 - 1888
1847-1931, inventor; scientist, American

Edison, Thomas Alva

1847 - 1931
1813-1889, watchmaker; inventor, German-born; Swiss

Roskopf, Georges Frederic

1813 - 1889
1888-1971, medical scientist; inventor, American

Rife, Royal Raymond

1888 - 1971
about 1620-1685, active 1654, inventor of a type of logarithmic slide rule; mathematical instrument maker, English

Bissaker, Robert

1620 - 1685
1880-1964, consultant radiologist, developer of radiography, British

Reynolds, Russell John

1880 - 1964
1846-1907, inventor, photographic and cinematographic pioneer, German

Anschutz, Ottomar

1846 - 1907
1842-1908, inventor; engineer, British, English.

Wade, Josiah

1842 - 1908
1847-1922, teacher of deaf people; inventor of telephone, Scottish; American

Bell, Alexander Graham

1847 - 1922
1846-1914, engineer; inventor of a type of air compressor, British

Atkinson, James

1846 - 1914
1720-1814, horologist; inventor; clock and watchmaker, French

Lepine, Jean Antoine

1720 - 1814
1834-1885, photographer; inventor of the woodburytype press, British

Woodbury, Walter Bentley

1834 - 1885
1800-1884, co-inventor of diving equipment; submarine engineer, British; English

Deane, John

1800 - 1884
engineer; inventor, Swedish

Niell, Magnus

1872 - 1962
1901-1963, instrument maker; inventor, British

Grumble, Ron

1901 - 1963
1794-1853, physicist; engineer; inventor, Belgian

Nollet, Floris

1794 - 1853
1765-1815, inventor; engineer; artist, American

Fulton, Robert

1765 - 1815
1829-1902, farmer; inventor; businessman, American

Gibbs, James Edward Allen

1829 - 1902