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1817-1901, agricultural chemist, British

Gilbert, Sir Joseph Henry

1817 - 1901

1779-1851, naturalist; botanist; biologist; ornithologist, German

Oken, Lorenz

1779 - 1851

1839-1903, theoretical physicist; chemist; mathematician, American

Gibbs, Josiah Willard

1839 - 1903

1851-1867, railway company, United Kingdom

Bangor & Caernarvon Railway Company

1851 - 1867

1870-1935, artist; painter, printmaker, German

Baluschek, Hans

1870 - 1935

1887-1916, steel making; shipbuilding company, Maryland

Maryland Steel Company

1897 - 1916

1772-1851, eccentric; self-proclaimed philosopher, English, British

Martin, William

1772 - 1851

1790-1878, physician; physiologist, English; British

Blundell, James

1790 - 1878

1842-1845, railway company, England

Yarmouth & Norwich Railway

1842 - 1845

1840-1910, experimental physicist, German

Kohlrausch, Friedrich Wilhelm Georg

1840 - 1910

1537-1553, king of England and Ireland, reigned 1547-1553

Edward VI

1537 - 1553

1857-1916, surgeon and teacher, American

Murphy, John Benjamin

1857 - 1916

1732-1800, army general, constructed first balloon in India, French

Martin, Claude

1732 - 1800

1720-1788, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Jacobite claimant to English, Irish and Scottish throne, Italian

Stuart, Charles Edward

1720 - 1788

1783-1844, artist, British; Scottish

Geddes, Andrew

1783 - 1844

1822-1900, astronomer, German

Luther, Robert

1822 - 1900

1841-1903, astronomer; astronomical photographer, English; British

Common, Andrew Anslie

1841 - 1903

1822-1885, physician, English?

Ellis, Robert

1822 - 1885

1825-1901, cardiologist, French

Potain, Pierre Carl

1825 - 1901

1921-2007, physicist; molecular biologist; behavioural geneticist, American

Benzer, Seymour

1921 - 2007

c. 1856-1887, nurse; murderer, British

Berry, Elizabeth

1856 - 1887

1785-1870, inventor; mathematician, French

Thomas, Charles Xavier

1785 - 1870

1846-1968, railroad company, Chicago, St Louis, New York, Washington DC

Pennsylvania Rail-Road

1846 - 1968

1857-2007, cigarette manufacturer; tobacco company, England

Gallaher Limited

1857 - 2007

1756-1821, scientific instrument maker, German

Beringer, David

1756 - 1821

1845-1933, ophthalmologist, British

Smith, Joseph Priestley

1845 - 1933

1819-1876, physician; hygienist, British

Parkes, Edmund Alexander

1819 - 1876

1862-1864, railway company, Wales, United Kingdom

Dulas Valley Mineral Railway

1862 - 1864

1833-1886, physiologist; statesman, French

Bert, Paul

1833 - 1886

1862-1890, railway company, England, United Kingdom

East Gloucestershire Railway

1862 - 1890

1846-1854, railway company, United Kingdom

Malton & Driffield Junction Railway

1846 - 1854

1887-1915, physicist, Oxford University, British

Moseley, Henry Gwyn Jeffreys

1887 - 1915

1781-1865, poet; scholar, Venezuelan

Bello, Andres

1781 - 1865

1736-1818, traveller, author, Scottish, British

Brydone, Patrick

1736 - 1818

1878-1960, shipping company; cruise company, United Kingdom

Orient Steam Navigation Company

1878 - 1960

1605-1691, astronomer, French

Bouilleau, Ismael

1605 - 1691

1616-1677, painter; printmaker, Dutch

Wyck, Thomas

1616 - 1677

1798-1854, physicist; astronomer, Italian

Melloni, Macedonio

1798 - 1854

1854-1861, railway company, Scotland, United Kingdom

Inverness & Nairn Railway

1854 - 1861

1758-1835, painter; engraver, German

Rehberg, Friedrich

1758 - 1835

Flammarion, Camille

1842 - 1925

Scamozzi, Vincenzo

1548 - 1616

Jarrott, Charles

1877 - 1944

Harvey, Bryan H (CBE)

1915 - 2004

Jacquard, Joseph Marie

1752 - 1834

Keene, John Philip

1921 - 1991

1886-1947, railway company, India

North Western Railway (India)

1886 - 1947

1845-1846, railway company, United Kingdom

Liverpool & Bury Railway

1845 - 1846

c 460-c 370 BCE, philosopher; physician, Greek

Hippocrates

460 - 370

first patient to receive insulin injections

Thompson, Leonard

1908 - 1935