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Short, James

1710 - 1768

J T Dobbins Ltd

1686-1743, astronomer, Indian

Jai Singh

1686 - 1743

1870-1938, film maker, inventor, British

Brown, Theodore

1870 - 1938

1793-1830, active 1820s, ironmonger; nail manufacturer; brassfounder, British

Sparrow, Isaac Earlysman

1793 - 1830

1832-1893, mechanical engineer, American

Babcock, George Herman

1832 - 1893

1810-1878, chemist & physicist, French

Regnault, Henri Victor

1810 - 1878

1892-1951, railway company, United Kingdom

North Sunderland Railway

1892 - 1951

1710-1776, lecturer; inventor; astronomer, Scottish; British

Ferguson, James

1710 - 1776

1907-1993, active 1950s, poster artist; illustrator, British

Brookshaw, Percy Drake

1907 - 1993

1826-1920, Empress, Consort of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French (1853-1870), Spanish-born; French

Eugénie

1826 - 1920

active early 20th century, photographic equipment manufacturer, Manchester

J & A Wilkinson

Schorlemmer, Carl

1834 - 1892

1839-1913, optical, mathematical & electrical instrument maker, British

Apps, Alfred

1839 - 1913

1809-1887, active 1833-1886, engraver; printmaker, British

Brown, Joseph

1809 - 1887

1760-1850, artist, baron of Alderley, Cheshire, British

Stanley, Sir John Thomas

1760 - 1850

1727-1815, engraver, Italian; active UK

Bartolozzi, Francesco

1727 - 1815

1853-1941, photographer, British; English

Sutcliffe, Frank Meadow

1853 - 1941

active 1800-1887, manufacturer of iron and brass, Manchester, England

Peel, Williams and Peel

1800 - 1887

1800-1889, physician, active in France, American-born; French

Ricord, Philippe

1800 - 1889

active 1864-1870/5 & 1900-1915, electrical measuring and scientific instrument maker, French

Ducretet, Eugene

1844 - 1915

active 1790-1815, printmaker, British

Godby, James

1790 - 1815

1956-, photographer, British

Douglas-Menzies, Lucinda

1956

active 1889-1926, physician; ophthalmologist; ophthalmic surgeon, British

Taylor, Inglis

Unknown - 1926

1803-1876, surgical instrument maker, Swiss-born; French

Charrière, Joseph-Frédéric-Benoît

1803 - 1876

1796-1855, geologist; caricaturist, English; British

De la Beche, Sir Henry Thomas

1796 - 1855

1888-1970, painter; sculptor, English; British

Wheatley, Edith Grace

1888 - 1970

1876-1894, railway company, Pembrokeshire

Maencloghog Railway

1876 - 1894

1862-1931, engineer, British

Darling, Alfred

1862 - 1931

1906-1997, astronomer, American

Tombaugh, Clyde

1906 - 1997

1796-1829, wax modeller, Italian

Calenzuoli, Francesco

1796 - 1829

1912-2000, photographer, British

Pilkington, William J

1912 - 2000

1786-1869, wine merchant; amateur microscopist, British; English

Lister, Joseph Jackson

1786 - 1869

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

Deane, John

1800 - 1884

1890-1957, active 1913-1956 in aviation design and early airways schemes, British

Mayo, Robert Hobart

1890 - 1957

1855-1944, scientist, photochemist, teacher and writer, Krems an der Donau

Eder, Josef Maria

1855 - 1944

1833-1895, engineer; inventor; entrepreneur, German

Langen, Eugen

1833 - 1895

Former Prime Minister of Great Britain

William Ewart Gladstone

1809 - 1898

1878-1914, artist, British

Gore, Spencer Frederick

1878 - 1914

1728-1809, manufacturer; entrepreneur, English; British

Boulton, Matthew

1728 - 1809

1875-1989, shipping company, Netherlands

Zeeland Steamship Company

1875 - 1989

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

Bailey, Sir Donald Coleman

1901 - 1985

1860-1945, artist, French

Lalique, Rene Jules

1860 - 1945

1946-present, instrument manufacturer, Danbury

Branson

1946

active 1792-1829, body snatcher, Edinburgh / British

Burke, William

1792 - 1829

Fairbairn, William (1st Baronet of Ardwick)

1789 - 1874

1915-1993, active 1948-1970s, automotive designer' illustrator, particular of car manuals, Dutch

Olyslager, Piet

1915 - 1993

1802-1877, physician, Irish

Murphy, Edward William

1802 - 1877

1908-2000, pharmaceutical research/ manufacturer, Chicago, Illinois, USA, American

G D Searle and Company

1908 - 2000

1749-1978, hospital, English

Liverpool Royal Infirmary

1749 - 1978